Prolonged impairment in activities of daily living due to postdural puncture headache after diagnostic lumbar puncture

To assess the incidence of postdural puncture headache and its effects on patients' activities of daily living, we interviewed 325 adult patients subjected to a diagnostic lumbar puncture during a 1‐year period. Two hundred and eighteen (67%) of the subjects replied to the questionnaire; 41 (19...

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Published in:Anaesthesia 1998-03, Vol.53 (3), p.299-302
Main Authors: Tohmo, H., Vuorinen, E., Muuronen, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
Adult
Age Distribution
Anaesthetic technique, regional
spinal
Anesthesia
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Complications
headache
Equipment Design
Female
Headache - etiology
Headache - therapy
Humans
Local anesthesia. Pain (treatment)
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Needles
Sex Distribution
Spinal Puncture - adverse effects
Time Factors
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Summary:To assess the incidence of postdural puncture headache and its effects on patients' activities of daily living, we interviewed 325 adult patients subjected to a diagnostic lumbar puncture during a 1‐year period. Two hundred and eighteen (67%) of the subjects replied to the questionnaire; 41 (19%) of these were diagnosed as having suffered a postdural puncture headache. Impairment of the activities of daily living persisting for 1 week or more was experienced by 16 (7%) of the subjects.
ISSN:0003-2409
1365-2044
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00326.x