Post-dural puncture headache: Pathogenesis, prevention and treatment

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 718-729

  Turnbull, D K ^a   Shepherd, D B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, subarachnoid; Analeptics, caffeine; Complications, dural puncture; Complications, headache

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COLLAGEN; CORTICOTROPIN; DESMOPRESSIN; DEXTRAN 40; FENTANYL; FIBRIN GLUE; HARTMANN SOLUTION; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL; SEROTONIN 1D AGONIST; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUMATRIPTAN; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BODY POSTURE; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DURA MATER; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRICS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REHYDRATION; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0242551128     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg231     Document Type: Review

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