Drug therapy for treating post-dural puncture headache

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Ona, Xavier Basurto ^a   Osorio, Dimelza ^b   Cosp, Xavier Bonfill ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE FIGUERES   (Spain)

^b School of Engineering Sciences and Industry   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CORTICOTROPIN; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; SUMATRIPTAN; TETRACOSACTIDE; THEOPHYLLINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADL DISABILITY; BLOOD PATCH; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN SEVERITY; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AMINES; ANALGESICS; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CAFFEINE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUMATRIPTAN; THEOPHYLLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85020958956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007887.pub3     Document Type: Review

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