Subarachnoid Catheter Placement after Wet Tap for Analgesia in Labor: Influence on the Risk of Headache in Obstetric Patients

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 512-515

  Ayad, Sabry ^b   Demian, Yousef ^b   Narouze, Samer N ^b   Tetzlaff, John E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Epidural; Postdural puncture headache; Subarachnoid catheter; Wet tap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0345357662     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-7339(03)00393-6     Document Type: Article

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