Spinal anaesthesia in obstetrics: headache and special needles
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Study of post dural puncture headache with 27G Quincke & Whitacre needles in obstetrics/non obstetrics patients.
UNLABELLED The proposed study was carried out in the department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive care & Pain management, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences. Swami Rama Nagar, Dehradun. A total of 120 patients of ASA I & II obstetric & non-obstetric undergoing elective/emergency surgery under subarachnoid block were included under the study. AIM To evaluate the frequency of PDPH during spina...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0003-2409,1365-2044
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14938.x