Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: Case Report and Relevant Review of the Literature

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-374

  Malone, Robin E ^a   Love, Jeffrey N ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cephalgia; headache; intracranial hypotension; spontaneous

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; EXCEDRIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VITAL SIGN;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 34248215705     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.08.016     Document Type: Article

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