November 29, 2023

11 - Post Dural Puncture Headache (PDPH) / Epidural Blood Patch

14 minutes

PDPH is a recognised complication of neuraxial anesthesia.

Around 4 minutes I misspoke and stated an 18G spinal needle - I meant epidural needle, I corrected myself the second time I stated it, sorry for the confusion!

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References:

1. Gobel, Hartmut. “7.2.1 Post-Dural Puncture Headache.” ICHD-3. Accessed September 16, 2023. https://ichd-3.org/7-headache-attributed-to-non-vascular-intracranial-disorder/7-2-headache-attributed-to-low-cerebrospinal-fluid-pressure/7-2-1-post-dural-puncture-headache/.

2. Plewa, Michael C., and Russell K.

McAllister. “Postdural Puncture Headache.” In StatPearls. Treasure

Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, 2023. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430925/.

3. Uppal, Vishal, Robin Russell, Rakesh

Sondekoppam, Jessica Ansari, Zafeer Baber, Yian Chen, Kathryn DelPizzo, et al. “Consensus Practice Guidelines on Postdural Puncture Headache From a Multisociety, International Working Group: A Summary Report.” JAMA Network

Open 6, no. 8 (August 15, 2023): e2325387–e2325387. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.25387.

4. Zhang Q, Pang SY, Liu CW. Chronic headaches related to post-dural puncture headaches: a scoping review. Br J Anaesth. 2022 Nov;129(5):747-757.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36085093/

All research, scriptwriting and recording were done by Misa Gillis UBC MSI4 and Blake Birnie UBC Anesthesiology R3

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