Post-dural puncture headache in young adults: Comparison of two small-gauge spinal catheters with different needle design

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 657-661

  Gosch, U W ^a   Hueppe, M ^a   Hallschmid, M ^a   Born, J ^a   Schmucker, P ^a   Meier, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, over needle technique; Complications, post dural puncture headache; Equipment, catheters, spinal

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; MELANOCORTIN; MEPIVACAINE; NEUROPEPTIDE; OREXIN A; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEEDLE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK REDUCTION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 18144424016     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei100     Document Type: Article

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