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Lumbar puncture and headache

BMJ paper on post-LP headache and needle selection

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/316/7136/1018

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Lumbar Puncture Associated with Pneumocephalus:

Report of a Case -- Kozikowski and Cohen 98 (2): 524 -- Anesthesia & AnalgesiaAir can leak into the spine in certain circumstances, but should not produce long term consequences

http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/cgi/reprint/98/2/524

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Lumbar puncture (Spinal tap)

Lumbar puncture (Spinal tap) procedure. The Doctors Lounge features full articles, guidelines, news and a message board all related to medicine.

http://www.doctorslounge.com/primary/procedures/miscellaneous/lumbar_puncture.htm

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Lumbar puncture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikipedia entry on LP - still needs more work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumbar_puncture

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Prevention of post-lumbar puncture headaches: Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology -- Armon and Evans 65 (4): 510 -- Neurology

AAN advice on preventing post-LP headache

http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/full/65/4/510

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An Avoidable Complication of Lumbar Puncture?

Emphasising the need for better technique to reduce risk of post-LP headache.

http://www.neurologyreviews.com/jan01/nr_jan01_lumbar.html

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eMedicine - Lumbar Puncture :

Article by Gil Z Shlamovitz, includes links to some video clips

http://www.emedicine.com/proc/topic80773.htm

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Complications of lumbar puncture followed by anticoagulation

From 1981, describes how to reduce risk of spinal haematoma if anti-coagulants needed after LP

http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/12/6/879

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Symptomatic Spinal Epidural Collections after Lumbar Puncture in Children

Koch et al. 28 (9): 1811 -- American Journal of NeuroradiologyThis is rare and does not seem to cause long term problems

http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/content/abstract/28/9/1811?rss=1

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