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3203698

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-2-9
pubmed:abstractText
The clinical practice of advising patients to increase their daily fluid intake after lumbar puncture in order to increase CSF production by re-hydration and thus try to prevent post-lumbar puncture headache (PLPH) has not yet been shown to be effective. In 100 patients the different effects of re-hydration on the incidence of PLPH (1.51 compared with 3.01 oral fluid per day over a period of 5 days) were tested prospectively. The incidence of PLPH was independent of the amount of fluid intake in both groups (18, 36%), as was the duration of PLPH. The physiology of CSF production and resorption suggests that PLPH is not a problem of CSF dynamics but a simple mechanical problem of how to close the dural rent and thereby stop the continuous leakage. It is no longer justifiable to advise patients to drink more than usual since there is no physiological or empirical basis for this and it does not seem to have even a placebo effect.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0175-758X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
237
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
194-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Incidence of post-lumbar puncture headache is independent of daily fluid intake.
pubmed:affiliation
Neurologische Klinik, Universität München, Klinikum Grosshadern, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial