TRANSDUCING EPIDURAL PRESSURE AS A BETTER ALTERNATIVE TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY EPIDURAL SPACE COMPARED TO LOR TECHNIQUE.

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Dr Shashank Dhaketa
Dr Siba Narayan Dash
Dr Saurabh Pandey

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Epidural space identification has traditionally been done
using the "loss of resistance " technique which, unfortunately, is not full proof and the difficulties we face sometimes is when
1.    The space is not appreciated satisfactorily
2.    We land up in a so called false space
3.    We overshoot the epidural space, failing to appreciate by LOR
Here we have a promising and more scientific approach using pressure waveforms by transducing the epidural pressures, which appear as pul satile waveforms and in synchrony with heart rate.

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Apr 14, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.53555/e8nacc13

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Dr Shashank Dhaketa, Dr Siba Narayan Dash, & Dr Saurabh Pandey. (2025). TRANSDUCING EPIDURAL PRESSURE AS A BETTER ALTERNATIVE TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY EPIDURAL SPACE COMPARED TO LOR TECHNIQUE. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 32(3), 358-364. https://doi.org/10.53555/e8nacc13
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Author Biographies

Dr Shashank Dhaketa

Senior Resident, Department of Anaesthesiology, ESIC Model Hospital & ODC, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Dr Siba Narayan Dash

DNB Resident, Department of Anaesthesiology, ESIC Model Hospital & ODC, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Dr Saurabh Pandey

DNB Resident, Department of Anaesthesiology, ESIC Model Hospital & ODC, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Dr Shashank Dhaketa, Dr Siba Narayan Dash, & Dr Saurabh Pandey. (2025). TRANSDUCING EPIDURAL PRESSURE AS A BETTER ALTERNATIVE TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY EPIDURAL SPACE COMPARED TO LOR TECHNIQUE. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 32(3), 358-364. https://doi.org/10.53555/e8nacc13