Health Condition 1: null- Patients developing post dural puncture headache after spinal anaesthesia
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Intervention2: Epidural blood patch: Under aseptic precautions patients own blood is injected into the epidural space with patient in lateral position
Control Intervention1: Ep
Sponsors
Department of Anaesthesiology Pain and Perioperative Medicine Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Headache that develops less than seven days after a spinal puncture 2. Headache which occurs or worsens less than fifteen minutes after assuming the upright position, and improves less than thirty minutes in the recumbent position with at least one of the following (neck stiffness, tinnitus, hypacusia, photophobia, and nausea) 3. The headache should disappear within fourteen days after a spinal puncture
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Headache that develops more than seven days after a spinal puncture 2. Headache persisting for more than fourteen days
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| to evaluate the practice and utilisation of epidural blood patch as a treatment modality for post dural puncture headache in various institutions in our countryTimepoint: Headache starting within 7 days of dural puncture and lasting till 14 days | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| nilTimepoint: nil | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Nitin Sethi
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Outcome results
None listed