Open AccessRisk of Postdural Puncture Headache in Adolescents and Adults
Author(s) -
Kate DelPizzo,
Thuyvan H. Luu,
Kara G. Fields,
Alexandra Sideris,
Naomi Dong,
Chris Edmonds,
Victor M. Zayas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000004691
Subject(s) - medicine , ambulatory , incidence (geometry) , complication , nausea , young adult , post dural puncture headache , institutional review board , anesthesia , physical therapy , surgery , spinal anesthesia , physics , optics
Spinal anesthesia is known to have numerous benefits, including reductions in nausea and opioid consumption; however, postdural puncture headache (PDPH) remains a significant risk associated with this technique. The literature specifically examining this complication in adolescents is scarce. Our primary objective was therefore (1) to estimate the incidence of PDPH with a 27G pencil-point needle in patients between the ages of 12 and 19 undergoing ambulatory lower extremity procedures and (2) to compare it to the incidence in adults aged 20-45 years.