Impact of pseudotumor cerebri (idiopathic intracranial hypertension) in pregnancy: A case report

AANA Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-204

  Worrell, Jeff ^a,b   Lane, Susan ^b  

^a Anchorage AK ^*

^b CRNA Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Pregnancy; Pseudotumor cerebri

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BUPIVACAINE; ESOMEPRAZOLE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; LABOR PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBESITY, MORBID; PERIMETRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 34250155315     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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