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  2. Post-dural-puncture headache - Wikipedia

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    Modern, atraumatic needles such as the Sprotte or Whitacre spinal needle leave a smaller perforation and reduce the risk for PDPH. [1] However, the evidence that atraumatic needles reduce the risk of post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) without increasing adverse events such as paraesthesia or backache is moderate-quality and further research ...

  3. Surgical suture - Wikipedia

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    Swaged (or "atraumatic") needles with sutures consist of a pre-packed eyeless needle already attached (by swaging) to a specific length of suture thread. This saves time, and eliminates the most difficult threading of very fine needles and sutures. Two additional benefits are reduced drag and less potential damage to friable tissue during ...

  4. Lumbar puncture - Wikipedia

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    The needle is again pushed until there is a second 'give' that indicates the needle is now past the dura mater. The arachnoid membrane and the dura mater exist in flush contact with one another in the living person's spine due to fluid pressure from CSF in the subarachnoid space pushing the arachnoid membrane out towards the dura.

  5. Fear of needles - Wikipedia

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    The discussion of the evolutionary basis of needle phobia in Hamilton's review article concerns the vasovagal type of needle phobia, which is a sub-type of blood-injection-injury type phobia. This type of needle phobia is uniquely characterized by a two-phase vasovagal response. [4] First, there is a brief acceleration of heart rate and blood ...

  6. Fear of medical procedures - Wikipedia

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    Needle phobia is unique in the fact that it is a phobia that is documented to have resulted directly in the deaths of a few patients. [ 18 ] In order to mitigate the effects of fear of needles in children, many treatment and distraction techniques have been evaluated in their ability to reduce report of pain, distress, and physiological ...

  7. Review: In 'The Girl With the Needle,' women face unthinkable ...

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    The world presented by “The Girl With the Needle” is a newly industrialized, postwar Denmark that is not kind to many — workers, veterans, even wealthy aristocrats trapped in gilded cages ...

  8. Cruise Into Christmas with the Best Drive-Through Holiday ...

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    Bull Run Festival of Lights in Centreville, VA. Get ready to light up your holidays with this 2.5-mile drive-through extravaganza! Take a ride bursting with festive scenes, glowing characters, and ...

  9. Blood-injection-injury type phobia - Wikipedia

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    The health of individuals with BII phobia can be jeopardized by the condition as a result of avoidance of phobic triggers. [6] As modern healthcare relies increasingly on injections, it can be difficult for phobics to receive the care they need, since situations involving injections, vaccinations, drawing of blood, etc. are usually avoided. [3]