RT Book, Section A1 Subieta-Benito, Gunnar A1 Torres, Maria L. A1 Nasr, Ned F. A2 Reichman, Eric F. SR Print(0) ID 1159804542 T1 Blood Patching for Postdural Puncture (Lumbar Puncture) Headache T2 Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259861925 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159804542 RD 2024/03/28 AB The epidural blood patch (EBP) has been used for the effective relief of postdural puncture headache (PDPH) for well over 50 years.1 It continues to be the gold standard for therapy of this debilitating condition.2-4 The advent of spinal and epidural anesthesia during the early twentieth century required techniques for treating PDPH. The risk of PDPH was recognized from a dural puncture. Gormley was the first to describe EBP as a therapy for PDPH in 1960.5 EBP was not widely used until nearly a decade later.6