RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Use of ultrasonography for lumbar puncture JF Emergency Medicine Journal JO Emerg Med J FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine SP 492 OP 493 DO 10.1136/emj.2007.050518 VO 24 IS 7 A1 Trevor Cummings A1 Jeffrey S Jones YR 2007 UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/24/7/492.2.abstract AB A short cut review was carried out to establish whether ultrasonography can assist in the performing of a lumbar puncture. Fifty-one citations were reviewed of which three answered the three part question. The clinical bottom line is that ultrasound shows early promise as a tool to assist in achieving a successful lumbar puncture.