Spontaneous intracranial hypotension treated by epidural blood patches

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 129-133

  Wang, Shen Chih ^a   Lirng, Jiing Feng ^a   Hseu, Shu Shya ^a   Chan, Kwok Hon ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood patch, epidural; Intracranial hypotension, spontaneous

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR SPINE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYMPTOM; TINNITUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 54449087275     PISSN: 18754597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-4597(08)60007-7     Document Type: Article

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