Management of accidental dural puncture and post-dural puncture headache after labour: A Nordic survey

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-53

  Darvish, B ^a   Gupta, A ^a,b   Alahuhta, S ^c   Dahl, V ^d   Helbo Hansen, S ^e   Thorsteinsson, A ^f   Irestedt, L ^g   Dahlgren, G ^g  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d VESTRE VIKEN HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; DEXTRAN; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; SUMATRIPTAN; THEOPHYLLINE;

ACCIDENT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLOOD PATCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DENMARK; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORWAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; POLICY; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; TEACHING;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; DENMARK; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; ICELAND; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL ERRORS; NORWAY; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650009807     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02335.x     Document Type: Article

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