Lumbar Puncture and Brain Herniation Risks

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, Ahead of Print. The risk of lumbar puncture (LP) to precipitate brain herniation in acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) was reviewed in this journal in 2007. We report the case of an infant with ABM who had acute apnea requiring intubation and tonic posturing (mistaken for … Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, Ahead of Print. The risk of lumbar puncture (LP) to precipitate brain herniation in acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) was reviewed in this journal in 2007. We report the case of an infant with ABM who had acute apnea requiring intubation and tonic posturing (mistaken for …