Lumbar punctures don’t kill people
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Lumbar punctures don't kill people.
We moved her near the oxygen, a sure sign of impending death at our small hospital in Uganda. She was so still, a photograph. A soft fuzz of hair had escaped her red-streaked braids. It formed a halo around the top of her head, as if she had moved while the camera shutter clicked and was forever cursed with a touch of blur. Her lower eyelids dropped down, sagging from the effort and offering a ...
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عنوان ژورنال: CJEM
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1481-8035,1481-8043
DOI: 10.1017/s1481803500003560