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Epidural injections of autologous blood for postlumbar-puncture headache.
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The distinguishing characteristics of the resultant headache are its appearance or exacerbation when the patient is erect and its complete or partial, but definite, obtundation when he is horizontal.Abstract:
Thus the distinguishing characteristics of the resultant headache are its appearance or exacerbation when the patient is erect and its complete or partial, but definite, obtundation when he is horizontal. The headache can be mild or severe, and the onset can occur as late as several days after the lumbar puncture. I t can be associated also with nausea, vomiting, dizziness, or visual disturbances. While the mean duration is 4 days, reports have appeared of patients with headaches lasting 4 to 5 months.1read more
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Clinical Trial Registration A Statement From the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
Catherine De Angelis,Jeffrey M. Drazen,Frank A. Frizelle,Charlotte Haug,John Hoey,Richard Horton,Sheldon Kotzin,Christine Laine,Ana Marušić,A. John P.M. Overbeke,Torben V. Schroeder,Harold C. Sox,Martin B Van Der Weyden +12 more
TL;DR: The Editors and the Scientific Publishing Committee of the American Heart Association journals support the principles enunciated in the editorial “Clinical Trial Registration: A Statement from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.”
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Post‐dural puncture headache: pathogenesis, prevention and treatment
TL;DR: Though it is clear that reducing the size of the dural perforation reduces the loss of CSF, there are many areas regarding the pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of post-dural puncture headache that remain contentious.
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Effectiveness of epidural blood patch in the management of post-dural puncture headache.
Valérie Safa-Tisseront,Françoise Thormann,Patrick Malassiné,Michel Henry,Bruno Riou,Pierre Coriat,Jeanne Seebacher +6 more
TL;DR: Epidural blood patch is an effective treatment of severe post–dural puncture headache and its effectiveness is decreased if dura mater puncture is caused by a large bore needle.
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Complications of Fluoroscopically Guided Transforaminal Lumbar Epidural Injections
Kenneth P Botwin,Robert D Gruber,Constantine G. Bouchlas,Francisco M. Torres-Ramos,Ted L. Freeman,Warren K. Slaten +5 more
TL;DR: The incidence of minor complications was 9.6% per injection, and all reactions resolved without morbidity, and no patient required hospitalization.
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The epidural blood patch. Resolving the controversies
Peter J. Duffy,Edward T. Crosby +1 more
TL;DR: Blood-patching is an effective treatment of PDPH but further research is required regarding its mechanisms and prophylaxis.
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Effect of saline injections on epidural and subarachnoid space pressures and relation to postspinal anesthesia headache.
TL;DR: The present investigation was planned for further analysis of the relationship between increase in epidural and subarachnoid space pressures following epidural injections and alleviation of cerebrospinal fluid leakage.
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Post lumbar puncture headache: an effective method of prevention.
TL;DR: There is considerable evidence to support the assumption that headaches result from low cerebrospinal fluid pressure caused by Ieakage of the spinal fluid from the puncture site in the dura.
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Postpuncture headaches: a clinical and experimental study of the cause and prevention
TL;DR: In the section on dermatology and syphilology at the Mayo Clinic, approximately fifty spinal punctures are done weekly, and subcutaneous injections of solutions of pituitary and the intravenous injection of hypotonic solution of sodium chloride have been used.