Post-dural puncture related complications after diagnostic lumbar puncture, myelography and spinal anaesthesiaSpinal anaesthesia Headache Backache Radiating pain Vomiting Other discomfortH.Flaatten'J. Kriikenes'C.Vedeler
Post-dural puncture headache and other complications after lumbar puncture. In pediatric hematology and oncology specialties, lumbar punctures are frequently performed for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Lumbar puncture is a procedure that is generally well tolerated with minimal adverse effects. However...
Lumbar puncture (LP) is one of the most frequently performed procedures in the pediatric emergency department (ED). Although post-LP complications have been described extensively in the adult medical literature the exact incidence of such complications in pediatrics is unknown but is believed to be ...
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bore needle types. However, smaller bore needles (defined as ≥24G) are recommended by most studies [5,36,38,54–71], based on lower incidence of PLPH, back pain, and discomfort. A lower incidence of complications resulted in less medical assistance and less medication after the procedure....
Conclusion - Lumbar puncture is an essential and common procedure in hematologic clinical care and research. Our data indicate that atraumatic needles were associated with a decrease in the incidence of severe PDPH as well as in the duration of PDPH event. Moreover, the use of atraumatic ...
Evaluation of the Effects of Resting in Appearance of Post Lumbar Puncture Headache. Lumbar puncture (LP) is a procedure for obtaining spinal fluid from spinal meningeal spaces this can be done as a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure which... Afshinmajd,Siamak,Davati,... - 《Acta Medica Irani...
The differential diagnosis of PDPH is broad and includes other complications of dural puncture as well as headaches attributable to the condition which lead to the procedure. The patterns of development of PDPH depend on a number of procedure- and nonprocedure-related risk factors. Knowledge of ...
BackgroundPost-lumbar puncture headache (PLPHA) occurs in up to 1/3 of patients undergoing lumbar puncture (LP). Evidence suggests the frequency of PLPHA can be reduced using atraumatic needles instead of cutting (Quincke) needles. However, Quincke needles remain standard in UK neurology ...
(2013). Post-Lumbar Puncture Headache. In: Gebhart, G.F., Schmidt, R.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28753-4_101819 Download citation .RIS .ENW .BIB DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28753-4_101819 Publisher NameSp...