Prevention and treatment of post-dural puncture headache in obstetrics;Cephalees apres breche dure-merienne lors de l'analgesie peridurale obstetricale

Cahiers d'Anesthesiologie

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-104

  Souron, V ^a   Hamza, J ^b  

^a Dept d'Anesthesie Reanimation Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

Blood patch; Complications: unintentional dural puncture, headache; Epidural anaesthesia; Obstetrics: epidural analgesia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; CORTICOTROPIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUMATRIPTAN;

BED REST; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; COLLOID; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; REVIEW;

EID: 0031970210     PISSN: 00079685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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