Beyond Spinal Headache: Prophylaxis and Treatment of Low-Pressure Headache Syndromes

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 455-461

  Warwick, Wendy I ^a   Neal, Joseph M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CESAREAN SECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MENINGES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 35348992155     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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