Benedikt Hermann Siegler, Rui Pedro Dos Santos Pereira, Jens Keßler, Stephanie Wallwiener, Markus Wallwiener, Jan Larmann, Susanne Picardi, Richard Carr, Markus Alexander Weigand, Beatrice Oehler
(1) Background: Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) remains a serious complication in obstetric patients. While the epidural blood patch represents the current gold standard in therapy, a growing number of alternative measures are thought to be beneficial for clinical management. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively analyze the efficacy of intranasal lidocaine administration to treat PDPH in obstetrics at our university hospital; (2) Methods: A retrospective analysis of the medical records of patients with PDPH has been performed focusing on the techniques of administration, dosing, treatment duration, impact on pain intensity as well as side effects of intranasal lidocaine; (3) Results: During the study period, 5610 obstetric patients received neuraxial anesthesia, of whom 43 (0...
December 13, 2023: Biomedicines