RT Book, Section A1 Harrington, Brian E. A1 Reina, Miguel Angel A2 Hadzic, Admir SR Print(0) ID 1141733688 T1 Postdural Puncture Headache T2 Hadzic's Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management, 2e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071717595 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141733688 RD 2024/10/14 AB Postural headaches following interventions that disrupt meningeal integrity are most commonly labeled postdural puncture headaches (PDPHs). This terminology has been officially adopted in the International Classification of Headache Disorders1 and is used in this chapter. However, use of the word postdural has been criticized as confusing2 and probably inaccurate,3 resulting in the proposal of an alternate term, meningeal puncture headache (MPH), which readers may increasingly encounter.4,5 It is also important to acknowledge that references to “dural puncture” throughout the medical literature (including this chapter) actually describe puncture of the dura-arachnoid and are more correctly termed and thought of as “meningeal puncture.”