NEW ORLEANS—Delaying the placement of an epidural blood patch may increase success in treating post-dural puncture headache (PDPH).
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York City, found that among obstetric patients who suffered a PDPH, those who only required one epidural blood patch waited more than a day longer before receiving their blood patch than their counterparts who required two epidural blood patches. These findings, the investigators added, may