Lumbar and thoracic epidural blood injections to treat spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 920-922

  Benzon, Honorio T ^a,c   Nemickas, Rimas ^b   Molloy, Robert E ^b   Ahmad, Shireen ^b   Melen, Onur ^b   Cohen, Bruce ^b  

^a Pain Management Services   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic technique: epidural blood injection; Pain: headache, spontaneous intracranial hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0029998128     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199610000-00029     Document Type: Article

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