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著者: Siamak Afshin Majd, Shahryar Pourfarzam, Hassan Ghasemi, Mohammad Ebrahim Yarmohammadi, Ali Davati, Moslem Jaberian
雑誌名: J Res Med Sci. 2011 Mar;16(3):282-6.
Abstract/Text
BACKGROUND: The most common complication of lumbar puncture (LP) occurring in over thirty percent of patients is headache. The position after lumbar puncture, needle type and size, and volume of the extracted cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have been evaluated as contributory factors in occurrence of post lumbar puncture headache (PLPH), but the position before lumbar puncture has not been evaluated.
METHODS: The occurrence of post lumbar puncture headache was evaluated in 125 patients undergoing lumbar puncture, divided randomly into sitting and lateral decubitus groups in the following five days. Chi-square test was used for statistical analysis.
RESULTS: Thirty eight patients (30.4%) reported headache after lumbar puncture in the two groups, and post lumbar puncture headache was significantly lower in the lateral decubitus position (p = 0.001). There was no significant difference between genders in the post lumbar puncture headache occurrence (p = 0.767).
CONCLUSIONS: Lumbar puncture in sitting position could produce more post lumbar puncture headache in comparison with lateral decubitus position.
PMID 22091245 J Res Med Sci. 2011 Mar;16(3):282-6.
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