Management of accidental dural puncture and post-dural puncture headache after labour: a Nordic survey

• Published in: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
• Main Authors: Darvish, B, Gupta, A, Alahuhta, S, Dahl, V, Hansen, Søren Helbo, Thorsteinsson, A, Irestedt, L, Dahlgren, G
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Adult; Analgesia; Epidural; Obstetrical; Anesthesiology; Blood Patch; Denmark; Dura Mater; Female; Finland; Health Care Surveys; Humans; Iceland; Labor; Obstetric; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical Errors; Norway; Post-Dural Puncture Headache; Pregnancy; Questionnaires; Sweden; Tomography; X-Ray Computed
• Online Access: https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/68b9a9ec-8fdc-4739-8c54-23bda5960b2f; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02335.x

a major risk with epidural analgesia is accidental dural puncture (ADP), which may result in post-dural puncture headache (PDPH). This survey was conducted to explore the incidence of ADP, the policy for management of PDPH and the educational practices in epidural analgesia during labour in the Nordic countries.