Headache caused by pneumocephalus following inadvertent dural puncture during epidural space identification: Is it time to abandon the loss of resistance to air technique?

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-160

  Kuczkowski, Krzysztof M ^a   Benumof, Jonathan L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR; AIR EMBOLISM; ANALGESIA; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DURAL PUNCTURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; NEEDLE; NOTE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PARAMENINGEAL DISORDER; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TECHNIQUE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUNCTURE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PREGNANCY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037303760     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03017849     Document Type: Note

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