Preventing headache after lumbar puncture

BMJ

Volumn 317, Issue 7172, 1998, Pages 1588-

  Sharma, Arun ^a   Williams, Elisabeth ^b   Fawcett, William ^b   Jenkins, Gareth ^b   Sudlow, Cathie ^c   Serpell, M G ^d   Haldane, G J ^d   Jamieson, D R S ^e   Carson, D ^f  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^f Department of Anaesthesia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NEEDLE; NOTE; PUNCTURE;

BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; NEEDLES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0032488202     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7172.1588a     Document Type: Letter

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