Stroke and death due to spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 248-251

  Schievink, Wouter I ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarct; Cerebrospinal fluid; Coma; Headache; Intracranial hypotension; Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PATCH; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LETHARGY; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NECK STIFFNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTURAL HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

ADULT; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84879692703     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-012-9800-3     Document Type: Article

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