Atypical headache after prolonged treatment with nasal continuous positive airway pressure

Headache

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 609-611

  Bernstein, Allan L ^a   Cassidy, John ^a   Duchynski, Robert ^a   Eisenberg, Stephen S ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Case report; CPAP; Diagnosis; Headache; Pneumocephalus

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN BETA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARANASAL SINUS; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTIGO;

AGED; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20544465063     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2005.05117_3.x     Document Type: Article

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