Journal article
Prevalence of postdural puncture headache after ED performed lumbar puncture
The American journal of emergency medicine, Vol.23(7), pp.913-915
11/10/2005
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.06.003
PMID: 16291456
Abstract
To the Editor, Lumbar puncture (LP) is a common diagnostic procedure performed by emergency medicine (EM) physicians to evaluate patients with a concerning headache or altered mentation. Postdural puncture headache management is difficult and often requires prolonged bed rest, hospital admission, various analgesics (caffeine, opioids), and/or an epidural blood patch [1,2]. Standardized data collection sheets were used to record basic demographic information, level of physician training, reason for procedure, number of attempts before successfully obtaining cerebrospinal fluid, patient positioning, and needle bevel direction relative to dural fibers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Prevalence of postdural puncture headache after ED performed lumbar puncture
- Creators
- Rawle A Seupaul - Indiana University-PurdueGeoffrey G Somerville - Indiana University-PurdueChad Viscusi - Indiana University-PurdueAndrew J Shepard - Indiana UniversityWilliam E Hauter - Indiana University-Purdue
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The American journal of emergency medicine, Vol.23(7), pp.913-915
- Publisher
- Elsevier Limited
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.06.003
- PMID
- 16291456
- ISSN
- 0735-6757
- eISSN
- 1532-8171
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/10/2005
- Academic Unit
- Radiation Oncology
- Record Identifier
- 9984312969302771
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