RT Book, Section
A1 Harrington, Brian E.
A2 Hadzic, Admir
SR Print(0)
ID 3509247
T1 Chapter 73. Postdural Puncture Headache
T2 NYSORA Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management
YR 2007
FD 2007
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071449069
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3509247
RD 2024/04/25
AB Postdural  puncture  headache  (PDPH)  was  perhaps  the  first  recognized  complication  of  regional  anesthesia.  Dr.  August  Bier  noted  this  adverse  effect  in  1898  in  the  first  patient  to  undergo  successful  spinal  anesthesia,  a  34-year-old  laborer  undergoing  resection  of  an  ulceration  of  the  foot.  Bier  observed:  “Two  hours  after  the  operation  his  back  and  left  leg  became  painful  and  the  patient  vomited  and  complained  of  severe  headache.  The  pain  and  vomiting  soon  ceased,  but  headache  was  still  present  the  next  day.”1