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S3 Ep33: 33. Febrile Infants - When Babies Are Too Hot

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The Risks and Benefits of a Lumbar Puncture

The guideline says that if your analysis is either negative or positive, you may perform a lumbar puncture. But that essentially the may is in what they write in the guideline essentially means shared decision making with the parents. And I think that some of the risks of doing one, one is only for a lot of parents, especially if they recently had epidural and now we're talking about putting a needle as safe as we all sort of know Lumbar punctures are in general.

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