Table 1.

Complications following neuraxial analgesia and anaesthesia.

Cranial

Post-dural puncture headache

Haemorrhage

Intracranial subdural haemorrhage

Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Pituitary haemorrhage

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

Horner's syndrome

Cranial nerve palsies

Auditory loss

Meningitis

Aseptic meningitis

Tonic-clonic seizures

Pneumocephalus

Spinal

Spinal or epidural haematoma

Spinal epidural abscess

Anterior spinal artery syndrome

Epidural blood patch

Spinal myoclonus

Other

Fever

Arrhythmias and cardiac arrest

Transient neurologic symptoms

Nerve irritation – direct needle or catheter trauma

Necrotising fasciitis