Prolonged impairment in activities of daily living due to postdural puncture headache after diagnostic lumbar puncture

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 299-302

  Tohmo, H ^a,b   Vuorinen, E ^a   Muuronen, A ^a  

^a KYMENLAAKSO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Lounais Hame District Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic technique, regional, spinal; Complications, headache

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031931149     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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