The pathophysiology of lumbar puncture headache

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 192, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Levine, David N ^a   Rapalino, Otto ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Headache; Hydrostatic indifferent point; Intracranial hypotension; Lumbar puncture; Lumbar puncture headache; Orthostatic headache; Pathophysiology; Venous dilation

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANATOMY; BLOOD; BODY POSITION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELASTICITY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPOTHESIS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; REVIEW; SKULL BASE; SPINAL CORD; STANDING; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VEIN DILATATION;

AGE FACTORS; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VASODILATION;

EID: 0035889715     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(01)00601-3     Document Type: Review

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