Sphenopalatine Blockade Versus Clinical Treatment

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2021-02-15
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Post-dural puncture headache leads to high morbidity and cost to the health system. Pregnant women have a higher incidence than other population groups. There are several treatments for post dural puncture headache mentioned in the literature, not all well established, with a wide heterogeneity of treatment between services. Sphenopalatine block then appears as an alternative treatment, having been described as effective in reports and case series, requiring comparative experimental studies.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
• Treatments: BB 1101; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone acetate; Gabapentin; Ketoprofen; Theophylline

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• women who will undergo neuroaxis block for cesarean section, vaginal delivery or uterine curettage, and who later present with cerebrospinal fluid hypotension headache, after evaluation and diagnosis by anesthesiologist.

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients previously diagnosed with chronic headache; patients with contraindication for neuraxial anesthesia, patients with contraindication for any drugs involved in the study and users of psychotropic intravenous drugs.