Intracranial hypotension producing reversible coma: A systematic review, including three new cases. A review

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 615-628

  Loya, Joshua J ^a   Mindea, Stefan A ^a   Yu, Hong ^a   Venkatasubramanian, Chitra ^a   Chang, Steven D ^a   Burns, Terry C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Coma; Epidural blood patch; Intracranial hypotension; Magnetic resonance imaging; Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALGORITHM; BLOOD PATCH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBAR SPINE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTURAL HEADACHE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865841453     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.4.JNS112030     Document Type: Review

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