Post-dural puncture headache, intracranial air and obstetric anesthesia

Anaesthesist

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 798-800

  Kuczkowski, K M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air; Dural puncture; Epidural analgesia; Loss of resistance technique; Pneumocephalus; Post dural puncture headache; Saline

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BED REST; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LOSS OF RESISTANCE TO AIR TECHNIQUE; LOSS OF RESISTANCE TO SALINE TECHNIQUE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PREGNANCY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141637241     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00101-003-0527-6     Document Type: Article

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