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Post Lumbar-Puncture Headache Experience In A Community Hospital (Peach) Study, Melissa Kessel, Caroline Knight, Robert Stein May 2019

Post Lumbar-Puncture Headache Experience In A Community Hospital (Peach) Study, Melissa Kessel, Caroline Knight, Robert Stein

Maine Medical Center

Introduction:

Post lumbar puncture (LP) headaches have been reported to occur in 10 to 30% of patients . The incidence of post-LP headaches at Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) was unknown prior to this study. This study was undertaken to attempt to understand the local experience with this procedural complication.