“…In the only other randomized trial of infant LPs, preprocedural US led to a 3% decrease in LP success when success was defined as CSF on first attempt with < 1,000 RBC per HPF (Michael Gorn, personal communication, December 6, 2016). However, in that study, the investigator's predefined primary outcome was CSF with < 10,000 RBC on any attempt, with US use associated with an improvement in LP success of 27% and only three sonologists trained in the protocol …”