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Atraumatic versus traumatic lumbar puncture needles: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.
Nath S, Badhiwala JH, Alhazzani W, Nassiri F, Belley-Cote E, Koziarz A, Shoamanesh A, Banfield L, Oczkowski W, Sharma M, Sahlas D, Reddy K, Farrokhyar F, Singh S, Sharma S, Zytaruk N, Selim M, Almenawer SA. Nath S, et al. BMJ Open. 2017 Mar 31;7(3):e014478. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014478. BMJ Open. 2017. PMID: 28363928 Free PMC article.
INTRODUCTION: Lumbar puncture is one of the oldest and most commonly performed procedures in medicine, used to diagnose and treat disease. Headache following lumbar puncture remains a frequent complication, causing significant patient discomfort and of …
INTRODUCTION: Lumbar puncture is one of the oldest and most commonly performed procedures in medicine, used to diagnose and treat disease. …
Headache rate and cost of care following lumbar puncture at a single tertiary care hospital.
Dakka Y, Warra N, Albadareen RJ, Jankowski M, Silver B. Dakka Y, et al. Neurology. 2011 Jul 5;77(1):71-4. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318220abc0. Epub 2011 May 18. Neurology. 2011. PMID: 21593442
BACKGROUND: American Academy of Neurology guidelines recommend the use of noncutting needles because of lower rates of headache following lumbar puncture in randomized trials. We sought to determine the rate of headache using cutting needles and …
BACKGROUND: American Academy of Neurology guidelines recommend the use of noncutting needles because of lower rates of headache fo …
Diagnostic and therapeutic lumbar puncture performed safely and efficiently with a thin blunt needle.
Møller A, Afshari A, Bjerrum OW. Møller A, et al. Dan Med J. 2013 Sep;60(9):A4684. Dan Med J. 2013. PMID: 24001459 Free article.
INTRODUCTION: The risk of postdural puncture headache following lumbar puncture can be reduced by choosing a blunt spinal needle or by using a smaller needle diameter. ...The risk of headache may further be reduced by using a thin needle, even if this …
INTRODUCTION: The risk of postdural puncture headache following lumbar puncture can be reduced by choosing a blu …
Post lumbar puncture headache: is bed rest essential?
Vimala J, Peter JV, Jeyaseelan L, Prabhakar S, Cherian AM. Vimala J, et al. J Assoc Physicians India. 1998 Nov;46(11):930-2. J Assoc Physicians India. 1998. PMID: 11229216 Clinical Trial.
Headache following lumbar puncture is a well known and well described complication. Various manoeuvres have been tried to prevent post lumbar puncture headache--the commonest being bed rest for 4 to 24 hours following lumbar puncture, though its value …
Headache following lumbar puncture is a well known and well described complication. Various manoeuvres have been …
Use of atraumatic spinal needles among neurologists in the United States.
Birnbach DJ, Kuroda MM, Sternman D, Thys DM. Birnbach DJ, et al. Headache. 2001 Apr;41(4):385-90. doi: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2001.111006385.x. Headache. 2001. PMID: 11318885
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate atraumatic spinal needle use among US neurologists. BACKGROUND: Postdural puncture headache following lumbar puncture may be dramatically reduced through the use of atraumatic pencil-point spinal needles. ...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate atraumatic spinal needle use among US neurologists. BACKGROUND: Postdural puncture headache following …
DDAVP, a synthetic analogue of vasopressin, in prevention of headache after lumbar puncture and lumbar pneumoencephalography.
Hansen PE, Hansen JH. Hansen PE, et al. Acta Neurol Scand. 1979 Sep;60(3):183-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1979.tb02967.x. Acta Neurol Scand. 1979. PMID: 517118 Clinical Trial.
In a double-blind controlled trial the possible prophylactic effect of intranasally applicated DDAVP (1-desamino-8-arginine vasopressin, Minurin)--a synthetic analogue of vasopressin--is evaluated regarding the incidence of headache following lumbar …
In a double-blind controlled trial the possible prophylactic effect of intranasally applicated DDAVP (1-desamino-8-arginine vasopress …