Prevention of postdural puncture headache after accidental dural puncture: A quantitative systematic review

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-263

  Apfel, C C ^a   Saxena, A ^a   Cakmakkaya, O S ^b   Gaiser, R ^c   George, E ^a   Radke, O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

accidental dural puncture; epidural morphine; intrathecal catheters; postdural puncture headache; prophylactic epidural blood patch

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BLOOD PATCH; CATHETERIZATION; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PROCEDURES;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; DURA MATER; HUMANS; MORPHINE; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 77956033379     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq191     Document Type: Article

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