title: Prolonged impairment in activities of daily living due to postdural puncture headache after diagnostic lumbar puncture.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Kymenlaakso Central Hospital, Kotka, Finland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tohmo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vuorinen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muuronen
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009339:Needles; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013129:Spinal Puncture / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors