Open AccessA protocol to reduce self-reported pain scores and adverse events following lumbar punctures in older adults
Author(s) -
Chloe K. Nobuhara,
W. Michael Bullock,
Thomas Bunning,
Brian J. Colin,
Mary Cooter,
Michael J. Devinney,
Michael N. Ferrandino,
Jeff Gadsden,
Grant E. Garrigues,
Ashraf S. Habib,
Eugene W. Moretti,
Judd W. Moul,
Brian Ohlendorf,
Adrian D. Sandler,
Randall P. Scheri,
Bharat Sharma,
John P. Thomas,
Christopher C. Young,
Joseph P. Mathew,
Miles Berger,
Madco-Pc,
Intuit Investigators Teams
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.541
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1432-1459
pISSN - 0340-5354
DOI - 10.1007/s00415-020-09797-1
Subject(s) - medicine , adverse effect , headaches , nausea , neurology , lumbar puncture , lumbar , anesthesia , pain medicine , neuroradiology , surgery , anesthesiology , cerebrospinal fluid , psychiatry
Lumbar punctures (LPs) are important for obtaining CSF in neurology studies but are associated with adverse events and feared by many patients. We determined adverse event rates and pain scores in patients prospectively enrolled in two cohort studies who underwent LPs using a standardized protocol and 25 g needle.