Accidental dural puncture, postdural puncture headache, intrathecal catheters, and epidural blood patch: Revisiting the old nemesis

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 628-630

  Kaddoum, Roland ^b   Motlani, Faisal ^a   Kaddoum, Romeo N ^a   Srirajakalidindi, Arvi ^a   Gupta, Deepak ^a   Soskin, Vitaly ^a  

^a HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Accidental dural puncture; Epidural blood patch; Intrathecal catheters; Postdural puncture headache

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD PATCH; CATHETER; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURIES; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL ERROR; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CATHETERS; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MEDICAL ERRORS; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84905909042     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: 14388359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-013-1761-y     Document Type: Article

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