The Effect of Patient Position on Postdural Puncture Headache

Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Headache; Pregnancy

Treatments: Other: sitting; Other: lateral

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02122419

PDPHPOSITION

Details and patient eligibility

About

We aimed to investigate the association between the position in which spinal anesthesia was performed and postdural puncture headache occurrence.

Full description

Records of patients who underwent caesarean section between January, 2013 and November, 2013 with spinal anesthesia will be retrospectively examined. Demographic data of patients, comorbid diseases, position of patient while performing spinal anesthesia, the number of spinal puncture attempts will be recorded.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients older than 18 years were included

Exclusion criteria

• Conversion to general anesthesia was the exclusion criteria.

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

lateral

Description:

spinal anesthesia performed during lateral position

Treatment:

Other: lateral

sitting

Description:

spinal anesthesia performed during sitting position

Treatment:

Other: sitting