Intracranial subdural hematomas and cerebral herniation after labor epidural with no evidence of dural puncture

Anesthesiology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 610-612

  Mashour, George A ^a,b,c   Schwamm, Lee H ^a,b   Leffert, Lisa ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Clinics 309   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DURA MATER; DURA MATER PUNCTURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NURSING CARE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SYNCOPE; TWINS; ARTICLE; ENCEPHALOCELE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PREGNANCY; PUNCTURE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, INTRACRANIAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 33645508935     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200603000-00030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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