Epidural analgesia followed by epidural hydroxyethyl starch prevented post-dural puncture headache: Twenty case reports and a review of the literature

Table 1 Demographic data and clinical information

Patient No.	Age (yr)	Pre-eclampsia	History of migraine	Nulliparous	BMI (kg/m2)	Mode of delivery	Anesthesia for delivery
1	38	N	N	Y	24.2	CS	CSEA
2	33	N	N	N	29.3	NVD	EA
3	31	N	N	Y	28.4	CS	CSEA
4	30	N	N	Y	27.7	NVD	EA
5	28	N	N	N	24.7	NVD	EA
6	30	N	N	Y	24.0	NVD	EA
7	38	N	N	N	28.8	NVD	EA
8	27	N	Y	Y	27.2	CS	CSEA
9	31	N	N	Y	25.7	CS	CSEA
10	31	Y	N	Y	33.3	IVD	EA
11	30	N	N	Y	31.6	CS	CSEA
12	31	N	N	N	26.7	IVD	EA
13	34	N	N	Y	31.3	CS	CSEA
14	35	N	N	N	24.7	IVD	EA
15	30	N	N	Y	21.3	NVD	EA
16	41	N	Y	N	23.4	CS	CSEA
17	35	N	N	Y	26.1	CS	CSEA
18	27	N	N	Y	26.2	NVD	EA
19	32	N	N	N	25.5	NVD	EA
20	39	Y	N	Y	30.5	CS	CSEA

N: No; Y: Yes; NVD: Normal vaginal delivery; IVD: Instrumental vaginal delivery; CS: Cesarean section; CSEA: Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia; EA: Epidural analgesia.