title: Lumbar puncture and stroke. A statement for physicians by a Committee of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association.
abstract: This statement for physicians redefines the use and importance of lumbar puncture to suspected stroke mechanisms. It also identifies neurologic conditions in which newer imaging techniques are safer and more effective diagnostic tools than lumbar puncture.
mesh_terms: D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013129:Spinal Puncture; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed