Prevention of post-dural puncture headache in parturients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 417-430

  Bradbury, C L ^a,b   Singh, S I ^a   Badder, S R ^a   Wakely, L J ^a   Jones, P M ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COVENTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ACCIDENTAL DURAL PUNCTURE; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC NEEDLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BEVEL NEEDLE; BLOOD PATCH; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL NEEDLE; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR INDUCTION; META ANALYSIS; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84876289783     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12047     Document Type: Review

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