COMPLICATIONS OF LUMBAR PUNCTURE FOLLOWED BY ANTICOAGULATION
COMPLICATIONS OF LUMBAR PUNCTURE FOLLOWED BY ANTICOAGULATION
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DOI:
10.1161/01.str.12.6.879
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
DOUGHERTY, JH
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作者:
RUFF, RL;DOUGHERTY, JH
The complications associated with lumbar puncture(LP) were compared in 2 groups of 342 patients. The 1st group of patients was anticoagulated after the LP, and the 2nd was not. The incidence of minor headache or back pain was similar in the 2 groups (group 1, 62%; group 2, 64%). The anticoagulated patients had a higher incidence of paraparesis (group 1, 5 patients, group 2, no patients; P < 0.05) and severe back or lumbosacral radicular pain lasting more than 48 h (group 1, 18 patients; group 2, 6 patients; P < 0.025). Seven of the anticoagulated patients developed spinal hematomas (5 with paraparesis, 2 with severe back pain). Among the anticoagulated patients the risk of a major complication was increased by a traumatic LP (P < 0.001), starting anticoagulation within 1 h of the LP (P < 0.001), or aspirin treatment at the time of the LP (P < 0.001). If LP is done, delaying anticoagulation for at least 1 h and avoiding concurrent aspirin therapy may decrease the risk of developing an extraparenchymal spinal hematoma.