Postpartum post-dural puncture headache: Is your differential diagnosis complete?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 461-464

  Bleeker, C P ^a   Hendriks, I M ^a   Booij, L H D J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, epidural blood patch; Brain, intracerebral haemorrhage; Complications, dural puncture; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; OXYTOCIN; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; LABOR PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; DURA MATER; INJURY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 4444382848     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh198     Document Type: Article

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