Pharmacologic management of postdural puncture headache

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 30, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 831-839

  Choi, Alice ^a   Laurito, Charles E ^a   Cunningham, Francesca E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXTRAN; MORPHINE SULFATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUMATRIPTAN; THEOPHYLLINE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CHEYNE STOKES BREATHING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG MECHANISM; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FLUID INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0030015617     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106002809603000722     Document Type: Review

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