Acupuncture in the management of post-partum headache following neuraxial analgesia.
Women presenting with low pressure post-partum headache following neuraxial techniques are frequently offered an epidural blood patch, despite its inherent risks. We present two parturients with classical symptoms of low-pressure headache, who each received neuraxial labour analgesia without a documented dural puncture with a Tuohy needle. Both parturients were successfully managed using acupuncture rather than an epidural blood patch.
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Department of Anaesthesia, Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge, Pield Heath Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB3 8NN, UK. anudoc@hotmail.com
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D015667:Acupuncture Analgesia; D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D017217:Blood Patch, Epidural; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D051299:Post-Dural Puncture Headache / Q000628:therapy*; D049590:Postpartum Period; D012306:Risk