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D J Dalgleish

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PubMed2005

Use of an information leaflet to improve general practitioners' knowledge of post dural puncture headache.

BACKGROUND: The number of women receiving neuraxial anaesthesia for labour and delivery is increasing. Women are also being discharged into the community sooner after delivery. Thus, complications arising from neuraxial anaesthesia may present to general practitioners, so it is of vital importance that they are familiar with and can manage potential problems associated with these anaesthetic techniques. METHODS: A questionnaire was sent to 126 local general practitioners to discover their knowledge of the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of post dural puncture headache in the parturient. An information leaflet was then circulated to all general practitioners in the region, detailing headaches and other potential problems following epidural analgesia for childbirth, and the questionnaire was reissued. RESULTS: The first questionnaire demonstrated that they had poor knowledge of the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of post dural puncture headache in the parturient. Following the dissemination of the information leaflet, responses to the second questionnaire showed a significant improvement. CONCLUSION: By comparing the two sets of answers, we demonstrated that the leaflet has successfully improved knowledge of post dural puncture headache and other potential sequelae of obstetric epidural analgesia among general practitioners.

Analgesia, Epidural↗
PubMed1988

The effects of famotidine, 40 mg at night, on 24-hour intragastric acidity and plasma gastrin concentration in healthy subjects.

The effects of 40 mg oral famotidine at 2115 h on 24-h intragastric acidity and plasma gastrin concentration were measured in a double-blind placebo-controlled study in 10 healthy subjects. The subjects were studied on the 7th day of treatment with either famotidine or placebo. Famotidine, 40 mg at night, caused a pulse of decreased intragastric acidity during the night, with a longer-lasting elevation of plasma gastrin concentration. However, in the latter part of the day there was complete recovery from the antisecretory effects of the drug, with normal intragastric acidity and normal concentrations of plasma gastrin.

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