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Spinal anaesthesia with 29 gauge Quincke point needles and post dural puncture headache in 2,378 patients
Author(s) -
DITTMANN M.,
SCHAEFER H.–G.,
RENKL F.,
GREVE I.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1994.tb03978.x
Subject(s) - medicine , post dural puncture headache , spinal anesthesia , anesthesia , surgery
Two thousand three hundred and seventy–eight spinal anaesthetics using a 29 G Quincke point needle were administered in a District Hospital between May 1983 and December 1991. The overall post dural puncture headache rate (PDPH) was 1.2% with a maximum of 2.5% in patients between age 30 and 39. PDPH was related to the experience of using 29 G needles (0.5% in consultants versus 2.0% in trainees, P<0.05).