Mehrdad Taheri
Anesthesiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranPublications
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Research Article
The Impact of Increased Body Mass Index on the Incidence and Severity of Post-spinal Headache after Cesarean Section
Author(s): Masoud Hashemi, Seyed Hedayatollah Akhlagh, Sahar Hashemi Shadegan, Mehrdad Taheri, Arash Farbood, Payman Dadkhah and Saman Asadi*
Background: Previous studies have been controversial as to the relationship between post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) and body mass index (BMI) in parturient patients. Therefore, we decided to survey this complication in a group of patients whose pregnancies were terminated by cesarean-section under spinal anesthesia. It was hypothesized that patients with higher BMI will have lower incidence of PDPH. Material and Method: After studying the patients' files and calling them, the demographic information was extracted and recorded. Also, development of PDPH up to three days after cesarean-section in the current delivery and headache score based on 0-10 verbal numeric rating scale (NRS) were documented. Results: In the current study, 343 parturient patients were analyzed; 164 (47.8%) women were non-obese and the .. Read More»