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LUMBAR PUNCTURE


   * Indications
 A) Dignostic
 - absolute
 1) meningitis
 2) encephalitis
 3) subarachnoid hadmorrhage
 4) GBS
 5) acute  demyelinating disease
 6) transverse myelitis
 7) unexplained coma
 8) unexplained dementia

 -Relative
 1) multiple sclerosis
 2) PUO
 3) neurosyphilis

    B) Therapeutic
 1. Methotrexate in leukaemia
 2. Spinal anaesthesia
 3. Benign intracranial HTN

 
   *CONTRAINDICATION
 1. Raised intracranial
 2. Spinal deformity
 3. Local infection
 4. Coagulation disorders


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