Status:

UNKNOWN

Juvenile Postlumbar Puncture Headache After Puncture With Needles With Quincke Tip or With Sprotte Tip

Lead Sponsor:

Heidelberg University

Conditions:

Headache

Eligibility:

All Genders

4-18 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare postlumbar puncture complaints as headache or backache after lumbar puncture with needles with Quincke design or with Sprotte design in children and adolescents...

Detailed Description

After lumbar puncture patients may develop complaints as position dependent headache, other headache or backache. Several though not all studies in adults showed that the frequency of complaints can b...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • lumbar puncture necessary for diagnostic reasons

Exclusion

  • intrathecal instillation at lumbar puncture
  • patients in whom severity of disease make it impossible to judge endpoint criteria

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

December 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

150 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00450060

Start Date

January 1 2007

End Date

December 1 2007

Last Update

March 21 2007

Active Locations (2)

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University Pediatric Hospital

Heidelberg, Germany, 69120

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Klinik für Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin

Heilbronn, Germany, 74078