"Blood Patch, Epidural" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The injection of autologous blood into the epidural space either as a prophylactic treatment immediately following an epidural puncture or for treatment of headache as a result of an epidural puncture.
| Descriptor ID |
D017217
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.095.125 E02.319.267.530.580.300.145
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| Concept/Terms |
Blood Patch, Epidural- Blood Patch, Epidural
- Epidural Blood Patch
- Blood Patchs, Epidural
- Epidural Blood Patchs
- Patch, Epidural Blood
- Patchs, Epidural Blood
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blood Patch, Epidural" by people in Profiles.
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One patch or more? Defining success in treatment of post-dural puncture headache. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2017 Feb; 29:5-7.
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Cranial nerve VI palsy after dural-arachnoid puncture. Anesth Analg. 2015 Mar; 120(3):644-646.
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Timing of epidural blood patch: clearing up the confusion. Anaesthesia. 2015 Feb; 70(2):119-21.
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Prophylactic epidural blood patch after unintentional dural puncture for the prevention of postdural puncture headache in parturients. Anesth Analg. 2012 Jul; 115(1):133-6.
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Bilateral subdural hematomas in an adult with osteogenesis imperfecta. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2009 Jul-Aug; 18(4):313-5.
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Emergent image-guided treatment of a large CSF leak to reverse "in-extremis" signs of intracranial hypotension. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008 Oct; 29(9):1627-9.
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Blood patch rates after lumbar puncture with Whitacre versus Quincke 22- and 20-gauge spinal needles. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Jun; 190(6):1686-9.
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Efficacy of a prophylactic epidural blood patch in preventing post dural puncture headache in parturients after inadvertent dural puncture. Anesthesiology. 2004 Dec; 101(6):1422-7.
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Lack of efficacy of an epidural blood patch in treating abducens nerve palsy after an unintentional dura puncture. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 1999 Sep-Oct; 24(5):470-2.