Does a bloody tap prevent postdural puncture headache?
- 1 July 1993
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Anaesthesia
- Vol. 48 (7) , 628-629
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1993.tb07132.x
Abstract
The regional anaesthesia records of 274 obstetric patients who had inadvertent dural puncture were reviewed to see whether a bloody dural tap resulted in a lower incidence of postdural puncture headache. No such influence was found.Keywords
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