Best practices to prevent Post-Dural Puncture Headache.

A multidisciplinary panel of 21 collaborators created an article that was published on AnesthesiologyNews.com where they answered 10 questions to prevent and treat Post-Dural Puncture Headache. At the beginning of the article they referenced that rates were up to 40% of patients experiencing PDPH. One of their eight factors: needle type.

Bullet point 3 of the article states, "They recommended the routine use of non-cutting spinal needles for lumbar punctures." aka- atraumatic needles or pencil point needles.

With the Gertie Marx® needle being one of the first pencil point needle on the market and patented to protect it's specific design (guided by Gertie Marx herself), it should be the go-to atraumatic needle. Studies prove the Gertie Marx® needle reduce rates of PDPH to less than 1% of patients.

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