Post lumbar puncture headache: Diagnosis and management

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 973, 2006, Pages 713-716

  Ahmed, S V ^a   Jayawarna, C ^a   Jude, E ^a  

^a TAMESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; DEXTRAN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; NEEDLE; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; REVIEW;

BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CAFFEINE; DEXTRANS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NEEDLES; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 34247169842     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.044792     Document Type: Review

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