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The incidence of post dural puncture headache in children
Author(s) -
Wee L. H.,
Lam F.,
Cranston A. J.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb15061.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar puncture , post dural puncture headache , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , spinal puncture , surgery , spinal anesthesia , cerebrospinal fluid , pathology , physics , optics
Summary One hundred and five children with malignant disease attended for lumbar puncture which was performed under general anaesthesia. A questionnaire was answered over the next three days to determine the incidence of post dural puncture headache. Ninety‐seven questionnaires were returned and the results show that no child aged under ten years developed a headache. Of the children aged 10–12 years, two out of seventeen developed a headache (11.8%). In children aged 13–18 years, five out of ten developed a headache (50%).