What symptomatic management do you recommend in patients with post LP headaches?
When do you consider a blood patch?
Answer from: at Community Practice
In my clinical experience, the symptomatic/medical management of post lumbar puncture (LP) headache is challenging and of limited utility. In contrast, for the vast majority of cases, a large volume autologous epidural lumbar patch ("blood patch") is highly effective (and much appreciated by the pat...
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at Kaiser Permanente Thank you for such a thorough and helpful answer!
Thank you for such a thorough and helpful answer!