Adverse effect profile of Lidocaine injections for occipital nerve block in occipital neuralgia

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 519-523

  Sahai Srivastava, Soma ^a   Subhani, Dawood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Lidocaine; Occipital nerve block; Occipital neuralgia

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL NERVE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLURRED SPEECH;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVES; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 78650514040     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-010-0244-x     Document Type: Article

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