Factors associated with an inadvertent dural puncture or post-dural puncture headache following labour epidural analgesia: A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Inadvertent dural puncture and post-dural puncture headache are complications of labour epidural analgesia and may result in acute and chronic morbidity. Identification of risk factors may enable pre-emptive management and reduce associated morbidity. In this retrospective cohort study, we aimed to identify factors associated with an inadvertent dural puncture or post-dural puncture headache by identifying parturients who received labour epidural analgesia from January 2017 to December 2021. The primary outcome was any witnessed inadvertent dural puncture, inadvertent placement of an intrathecal catheter, clinical diagnosis of post-dural puncture headache, or headache that was assessed to have characteristic post-dural puncture headache features. A wide range of demographic, obstetric, and

SUBMITTER: Kakde A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10945181 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature