Timing of epidural blood patch: clearing up the confusion

Transforaminal epidural blood patch.

Spinal headache is an occasional, but painful complication of epidural injection procedures due to dural puncture that allows leakage of CSF from the thecal sac, thereby reducing intracranial pressure. In the event of failure of conservative management, (e.g. abdominal binder, fluids, acetaminophen), an epidural blood patch is often used. This case report describes a patient with spinal headach...

Oral and overall health: clearing up the confusion.

For several years dental researchers have been studying and reporting on links between oral and overall health, but study evidence often seems to offer conflicting information. This article aims to clear up that confusion.

Competitiveness, Innovation and Productivity: Clearing Up The Confusion

Clearing Up the Confusion about Medicare and Dentistry.

With the growing number of air passengers, flight at­ tendants, leisure pilots, as well as military and airline pilots, dentists may encounter physiological and patho­ logical phenomena precipitated by high altitude. With the introduction of the self-contained breathing appa­ ratus (SCUBA), many of these manifestations caused by changes in atmospheric pressure were reported in association with ...

Ultrasound-guided epidural blood patch.

A 35-YR-OLD woman presented with a postdural puncture headache for epidural blood patch. The procedure was performed in the lateral position. A curvilinear ultrasound probe with sterile cover was used to visualize the epidural space. A 20-G epidural needle was used to identify the space by the loss-of-resistance technique. Blood was then injected into the epidural space under real-time ultrasou...