Pneumocephalus with intense headache and unilateral pupillary dilatation after accidental dural puncture during epidural anesthesia for cesarean section

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 582-583

  Laviola, Silvia ^a   Kirvelä, Maija ^a   Spoto, Maria Rosaria ^a   Tschuor, Silvia ^a   Alon, Eli ^a,b  

^a REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYDRIASIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033050368     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199903000-00022     Document Type: Article

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