Does postdural puncture headache left untreated lead to subdural hematoma? Case report and review of the literature

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-58

  Zeidan, A ^a   Farhat, O ^a   Maaliki, H ^a   Baraka, A ^b  

^a Sahel General Hospital   (Lebanon)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Dural puncture; epidural; Parturient; Spinal; Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, INTRACRANIAL; HUMANS; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PREGNANCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 29244472822     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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