01.06.2018 | Correspondence
Postdural puncture headache at Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital of Lomé in Togo: incidence and risk factors
Erschienen in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Ausgabe 6/2018
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To the Editor,
Factor
|
N
|
PDPH
n (%)
|
Odds ratio
|
95% Confidence interval
|
P value
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age groups (yr)
|
|||||
16-30
|
169
|
16 (9.5)
|
2.1
|
1.1 to 2.2
|
0.038
|
>30
|
331
|
16 (4.8)
|
|||
Sex
|
|||||
Male
|
346
|
19 (5.5)
|
0.630
|
0.30 to 1.31
|
0.15
|
Female
|
154
|
13 (8.4)
|
|||
BMI (kg·m−2)
|
|||||
16.5-25.0
|
180
|
20 (11.1)
|
3.208
|
1.53 to 6.7
|
0.001
|
> 25.0
|
320
|
12 (3.8)
|
|||
Procedures
|
|||||
Obstetrical
|
59
|
13 (22.0)
|
6.277
|
2.91 to 13.5
|
< 0.001
|
Non-obstetrical
|
441
|
19 (4.3)
|
|||
Puncture level
|
|||||
L4 - L5
|
88
|
5 (5.7)
|
0.859
|
0.32 to 2.30
|
0.49
|
L3 - L4
|
412
|
27 (6.6)
|
|||
Number of attempts
|
|||||
1
|
464
|
29 (6.3)
|
0.733
|
0.21 to 2.54
|
0.41
|
>1
|
36
|
3 (8.3)
|