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Does increased BMI reduce the incidence of postdural puncture headache in parturients after unintentional dural puncture?
Does increased BMI reduce the incidence of postdural puncture headache in parturients after unintentional dural puncture?
Increased BMI is associated with a decreased incidence of postdural puncture headache in parturients following unintentional dural puncture.
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Higher BMI was associated with lower PDPH risk after unintentional dural puncture; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
The findings are consistent with previous reports of decreased PDPH incidence after unintentional dural puncture in parturients with an increased BMI, even after controlling for pushing during labor. Severity of headache and need for epidural blood patch treatment were similar in low and high BMI groups.
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Peralta et al. (2015) studied this question.
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