Incidence of Headache Following an Unintentional Dural Puncture

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of intrathecal morphine administration following an unintentional dural puncture, to decrease the incidence of post dural puncture headaches (PDPH) in obstetric patients.

Timeline

Start

2011-11

Primary completion

2019-03-01

Completion

2019-03-01

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

registry analysis (superiority test); Morphine vs Saline; p = .877; Fisher Exact NCT01977898 ↗

Publications

• Background Apfel CC, Saxena A, Cakmakkaya OS, Gaiser R, George E, Radke O. Prevention of postdural puncture headache after accidental dural puncture: a quantitative systematic review. Br J Anaesth. 2010 Sep;105(3):255-63. doi: 10.1093/bja/aeq191. Epub 2010 Aug 3.
• Background Denny N, Masters R, Pearson D, Read J, Sihota M, Selander D. Postdural puncture headache after continuous spinal anesthesia. Anesth Analg. 1987 Aug;66(8):791-4. No abstract available.
• Background Choi PT, Galinski SE, Takeuchi L, Lucas S, Tamayo C, Jadad AR. PDPH is a common complication of neuraxial blockade in parturients: a meta-analysis of obstetrical studies. Can J Anaesth. 2003 May;50(5):460-9. doi: 10.1007/BF03021057.
• Background Choi A, Laurito CE, Cunningham FE. Pharmacologic management of postdural puncture headache. Ann Pharmacother. 1996 Jul-Aug;30(7-8):831-9. doi: 10.1177/106002809603000722.
• Background Hartopp R, Hamlyn L, Stocks G. Ten years of experience with accidental dural puncture and post-dural-puncture headache in a tertiary obstetric anaesthesia department. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2010 Jan;19(1):118. doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2009.06.004. Epub 2009 Nov 28. No abstract available.
• Background Angle P, Tang SL, Thompson D, Szalai JP. Expectant management of postdural puncture headache increases hospital length of stay and emergency room visits. Can J Anaesth. 2005 Apr;52(4):397-402. doi: 10.1007/BF03016283.
• Background Carbaat PA, van Crevel H. Lumbar puncture headache: controlled study on the preventive effect of 24 hours' bed rest. Lancet. 1981 Nov 21;2(8256):1133-5. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(81)90586-9. No abstract available.
• Background Sudlow C, Warlow C. Posture and fluids for preventing post-dural puncture headache. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2002;(2):CD001790. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001790.
• Background Hakim SM. Cosyntropin for prophylaxis against postdural puncture headache after accidental dural puncture. Anesthesiology. 2010 Aug;113(2):413-20. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181dfd424.
• Background Carter BL, Pasupuleti R. Use of intravenous cosyntropin in the treatment of postdural puncture headache. Anesthesiology. 2000 Jan;92(1):272-4. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200001000-00043. No abstract available.
• Background Ayad S, Demian Y, Narouze SN, Tetzlaff JE. Subarachnoid catheter placement after wet tap for analgesia in labor: influence on the risk of headache in obstetric patients. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2003 Nov-Dec;28(6):512-5. doi: 10.1016/s1098-7339(03)00393-6.
• Background Charsley MM, Abram SE. The injection of intrathecal normal saline reduces the severity of postdural puncture headache. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2001 Jul-Aug;26(4):301-5. doi: 10.1053/rapm.2001.22584.
• Background Cohen S, Amar D, Pantuck EJ, Singer N, Divon M. Decreased incidence of headache after accidental dural puncture in caesarean delivery patients receiving continuous postoperative intrathecal analgesia. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 1994 Oct;38(7):716-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1994.tb03983.x.
• Background Scavone BM, Wong CA, Sullivan JT, Yaghmour E, Sherwani SS, McCarthy RJ. Efficacy of a prophylactic epidural blood patch in preventing post dural puncture headache in parturients after inadvertent dural puncture. Anesthesiology. 2004 Dec;101(6):1422-7. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200412000-00024.
• Background Eldor J, Gozal Y, Lavie A, Guedj P. Late postspinal headache treated with epidural morphine. Anaesthesia. 1990 Dec;45(12):1099. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14936.x. No abstract available.
• Background Al-metwalli RR. Epidural morphine injections for prevention of post dural puncture headache. Anaesthesia. 2008 Aug;63(8):847-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05494.x. Epub 2008 Jun 10.
• Background Banks S, Paech M, Gurrin L. An audit of epidural blood patch after accidental dural puncture with a Tuohy needle in obstetric patients. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2001 Jul;10(3):172-6. doi: 10.1054/ijoa.2000.0826.
• Background Olesen J, Steiner TJ. The International classification of headache disorders, 2nd edn (ICDH-II). J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2004 Jun;75(6):808-11. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.031286.

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