Prophylactic Intrathecal Morphine and Prevention of Post-Dural Puncture Headache : A Randomized Double-blind Trial

BACKGROUND: Prophylactic epidural morphine administration after unintentional dural puncture with a large-bore needle has been shown to decrease the incidence of post-dural puncture headache. The authors hypothesized that prophylactic administration of intrathecal morphine would decrease the incidence of post-dural puncture headache and/or need for epidural blood patch after unintentional dural puncture.

METHODS: Parturients with an intrathecal catheter in situ after unintentional dural puncture with a 17-g Tuohy needle during intended epidural catheter placement for labor analgesia were enrolled in this randomized, double-blind trial. After delivery, subjects were randomized to receive intrathecal morphine 150 µg or normal saline. The primary outcome was the incidence of post-dural puncture headache. Secondary outcomes included onset, duration, and severity of post-dural puncture headache, the presence of cranial nerve symptoms and the type of treatment the patient received.

RESULTS: Sixty-one women were included in the study. The incidence of post-dural puncture headache was 21 of 27 (78%) in the intrathecal morphine group and 27 of 34 (79%) in the intrathecal saline group (difference, -1%; 95% CI, -25% to 24%). There were no differences between groups in the onset, duration, or severity of headache, or presence of cranial nerve symptoms. Epidural blood patch was administered to 10 of 27 (37%) of subjects in the intrathecal morphine and 11 of 21 (52%) of the intrathecal saline group (difference 15%; 95% CI, -18% to 48%).

CONCLUSIONS: The present findings suggest that a single prophylactic intrathecal morphine dose of 150 µg administered shortly after delivery does not decrease the incidence or severity of post-dural puncture headache after unintentional dural puncture. This study does not support the clinical usefulness of prophylactic intrathecal morphine after an unintentional dural puncture.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: Anesthesiology. 2020 May 26;:. - PMID 32472801

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:132

Enthalten in:

Anesthesiology - 132(2020), 5 vom: 15. Mai, Seite 1045-1052

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Peralta, Feyce M [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Cynthia A [VerfasserIn]
Higgins, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Toledo, Paloma [VerfasserIn]
Jones, Mary Jane [VerfasserIn]
McCarthy, Robert J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

76I7G6D29C
Analgesics, Opioid
Journal Article
Morphine
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 14.07.2020

Date Revised 14.07.2020

published: Print

ErratumIn: Anesthesiology. 2020 May 26;:. - PMID 32472801

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/ALN.0000000000003206

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM307009378