Postpartum headaches: Summary report of the National Obstetric Anaesthetic Database (NOAD) 1999

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-112

  Chan, T M L ^a   Ahmed, E ^b   Yentis, S M ^c   Holdcroft, A ^c  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BODY POSTURE; CATHETER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PUERPERIUM; PUNCTURE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037386098     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-289X(03)00007-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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