Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis following accidental dural puncture and epidural blood patch

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-270

  Ghatge, S ^a   Uppugonduri, S ^a   Kamarzaman, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; Dural puncture; Epidural blood patch; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL VENOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DURAL PUNCTURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; PUNCTURE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PREGNANCY; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52249083921     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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