CompletedNot Applicable

EPiMAP Obstetrics: European Practices in the Management of Accidental Dural Puncture in Obstetrics

Sweden1,110 participantsStarted 2016-01

Plain-language summary

The aims of EPiMAP Obstetrics are: * to identify risk factors for failure of epidural blood patch in the obstetric population for management of post dural puncture headache. * to describe European practices in the management of accidental dural puncture in the Obstetric population.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * All women ≥ 18 years old, who develop classical symptoms of post-dural puncture headache after epidural anaesthesia for labour or for caesarean section. Exclusion Criteria: * Post-dural puncture headache following deliberate dural puncture with a spinal needle in women where there was no observed accidental dural puncture with an epidural needle.

What they're measuring

To examine the risk factors for failed epidural blood patch (EBP) following post-dural puncture headache

Timeframe: 24 h after application of Epidural blood patch

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02362828

SponsorEuropean Society of Anaesthesiology

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2018-12-31

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