THE PREVENTION OF HEADACHE CONSEQUENT UPON DURAL PUNCTURE
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- 1 June 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 44 (6) , 598-600
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/44.6.598
Abstract
The administration of an epidural infusion of Hartmann's solution for 24 hours after delivery, in patients who have accidentally received a dural tap, is described. Eleven of sixteen patients so treated had no postpuncture headache; five (two with a double tap) had mild headache lasting for 3 days; and two—one who received a drip for only 18 hours and the other whose drip was not started until 12 hours after delivery—had severe postural headache for 3 days.Keywords
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