Intravenous theophylline decreases post-dural puncture headaches

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1102-1104

  Ergün, Ufuk ^a   Say, Bahar ^a   Ozer, Gokhan ^a   Tunc, Tugba ^a   Sen, Murat ^a   Tüfekcioglu, Senem ^b   Akin, Umit ^a   Ilhan, Mustafa N ^c   Inan, Levent ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Headache; Lumbar puncture; Orthostatic headache; Theophylline

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; SPINAL PUNCTURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THEOPHYLLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 50549101479     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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