Acupuncture for the Management of Postdural Puncture Headache: A Case Report

Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is a recognized complication of neuraxial anesthesia. This case report documents 1 patient who developed PDPH following epidural anesthesia for postoperative pain control. The patient declined conventional treatments, including an epidural blood patch and intraveno...

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Autores principales: Chang, Alexandra, Acquah, Joseph, Reddy, Sanjay, Chao, Maria T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4756779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26937320
http://dx.doi.org/10.7453/gahmj.2015.010
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description Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is a recognized complication of neuraxial anesthesia. This case report documents 1 patient who developed PDPH following epidural anesthesia for postoperative pain control. The patient declined conventional treatments, including an epidural blood patch and intravenous caffeine. This report documents successful use of adjunct acupuncture for the management of PDPH. Additional research on acupuncture as a potential adjunctive therapy for PDPH is needed, particularly for patients who are reluctant to receive more invasive treatments.
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spelling pubmed-47567792016-05-12 Acupuncture for the Management of Postdural Puncture Headache: A Case Report Chang, Alexandra Acquah, Joseph Reddy, Sanjay Chao, Maria T. Glob Adv Health Med Case Reports Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is a recognized complication of neuraxial anesthesia. This case report documents 1 patient who developed PDPH following epidural anesthesia for postoperative pain control. The patient declined conventional treatments, including an epidural blood patch and intravenous caffeine. This report documents successful use of adjunct acupuncture for the management of PDPH. Additional research on acupuncture as a potential adjunctive therapy for PDPH is needed, particularly for patients who are reluctant to receive more invasive treatments. Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2016-01 2016-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4756779/ /pubmed/26937320 http://dx.doi.org/10.7453/gahmj.2015.010 Text en © 2016 GAHM LLC. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial- No Derivative 3.0 License, which permits rights to copy, distribute and transmit the work for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited.
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