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Wail N Khraise,1 Mohammed Z Allouh,2 Khaled M El-Radaideh,1 Raed S Said,2 Anas M Al-Rusan1 1Department of Anesthesia, 2Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan Purpose: Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is one of the most recognized complications after spinal anesthesia in women undergoing cesarean delivery. This study aimed to investigate the incidence of PDPH and its associated risk factors in women undergoing cesarean delivery in Jordan.Patients and methods: This study included all women who underwent cesarean delivery at King Abdullah University Hospital in Jordan during 2015. Patient characteristics including age, weight, occurrence of PDPH, needle type, repeated puncture attempt, history of spinal anesthesia and PDPH, presence of tension headache, preeclampsia, migraine, sinusitis, and caffeine withdrawal were collated from hospital records. Statistical analyses were performed to assess the association of these characteristics with PDPH.Results: The study cohort consisted of 680 women. Among these, only 43 (6.3%) had developed PDPH. The only factors that showed significant association (P |
