Headache rate and cost of care following lumbar puncture at a single tertiary care hospital

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-74

  Dakka, Y ^a   Warra, N ^a   Albadareen, R J ^b   Jankowski, M ^a   Silver, B ^c  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80051551207     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318220abc0     Document Type: Article

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