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Last refreshed on: 21 February 2022
Main ID:  NCT02362828
Date of registration: 09/02/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: European Society of Anaesthesiology
Public title: EPiMAP Obstetrics: European Practices in the Management of Accidental Dural Puncture in Obstetrics EPiMAP
Scientific title: EPiMAP Obstetrics: European Practices in the Management of Accidental Dural Puncture in Obstetrics: European Prospective Multicentre Observational Audit to MAP Out Current Practices in the Management of Patients Who Had Accidental Dural Puncture During EPIdural Insertion
Date of first enrolment: January 2016
Target sample size: 1110
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02362828
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Sweden
Contacts
Name:     Anil Gupta, MD
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Affiliation:  Karolinska University Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- All women = 18 years old, who develop classical symptoms of post-dural puncture
headache after epidural anaesthesia for labour or for caesarean section.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Post-dural puncture headache following deliberate dural puncture with a spinal needle
in women where there was no observed accidental dural puncture with an epidural
needle.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Post-Dural Puncture Headache
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
To examine the risk factors for failed epidural blood patch (EBP) following post-dural puncture headache [Time Frame: 24 h after application of Epidural blood patch]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Timing of the procedure (after diagnosis of PDPH) and the volume of blood injected in relation to success or failure [Time Frame: 24 h after application of Epidural blood patch]
Incidence of significant Post Dural Puncture Headache (PDPH) and treatment failure in different countries in Europe [Time Frame: 24 h after application of Epidural blood patch]
Complications and side effects of Epidural blood patch (EBP) [Time Frame: 24 h after application of Epidural blood patch]
Variation in practices for management of Accidental Dural Puncture (ADP) in different European countries [Time Frame: 24 h after application of Epidural blood patch]
European practices in the management of Post Dural Puncture Headache (PDPH) [Time Frame: 24 h after application of Epidural blood patch]
Secondary ID(s)
EPiMAP Obstetrics
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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