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Does a bloody tap prevent postdural puncture headache?
Author(s) -
Khan K. J.,
Stride P. C.,
Cooper G. M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1993.tb07132.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bloody , anesthesia , incidence (geometry) , surgery , optics , physics
Summary The regional anaesthesia records of 274 obstetric patients who had inadvertent dural puncture were reviewed to see whether a bloody dural tap resulted in a lower incidence of postdural puncture headache. No such influence was found.