Lumbar Puncture in Out-Patients

Lumbar Puncture Headache in Relation to Sex, Age, and Cerebrospinal Fluid Findings

“…with pathological fluids. Several other authors, including Allen (1934) and Erskine and Johnson (1938), have reported similar findings, the only contradictory ones being in a small series by Grewel (1936).…”

“…headache rate after failure of the puncture, and only 15 -5 per cent. when successful, while the figures of Erskine and Johnson (1938) were 89-1 per cent. and 3-4 per cent.…”