Abstract The 2009–12 MBRRACE-UK report highlighted the deaths of two women in whom
dural puncture had occurred during insertion of a labour epidural catheter. One woman …

Abstract The 2009–12 MBRRACE-UK report highlighted the deaths of two women in whom
dural puncture had occurred during insertion of a labour epidural catheter. Despite suffering …

Management of postdural puncture headache in the obstetric p... : Current Opinion in
Anesthesiology Management of postdural puncture headache in the obstetric patient …

Post-dural puncture headache continues to be a significant cause of morbidity in parturients.
Despite being a common complication faced by many anesthesiologists, there is a lack of …

Abstract Background The KK Women's and Children's Hospital is a tertiary obstetric unit with
approximately 11 000 deliveries per year. Epidural analgesia is used in about 40% of …

Background In obstetrics, post-dural puncture headache is a well-recognised complication.
Typical symptoms include fronto-temporal or occipital headache, worsening with ambulation …

Neuraxial analgesia and anesthesia are widely used in obstetric anesthesia. The most
frequent complication after neuraxial blocks is post-dural puncture headache. It can occur …

We describe a patient with an intracerebral haemorrhage following an accidental dural
puncture during an attempted epidural for pain relief in labour. Anaesthetists need to include …

Background Accidental dural puncture is an uncommon complication of epidural analgesia
and can cause postdural puncture headache (PDPH). We aimed to describe management …

The National Obstetric Anaesthetic Database was established in 1998 to support collection
of national data on obstetric analgesia and anaesthesia. The first year's project aimed to …