Case Report: Pneumocephalus after labor epidural anesthesia [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/3va]
Lumbar epidural anesthesia is commonly used for labor analgesia. The 'loss-of- resistance' to air technique (LORA) is generally employed for recognition of the epidural space. One of the rare complications of this technique is pneumocephalus (PC). Here we describe the case of a parturient...
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F1000 Research Ltd
2014-07-01
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| Online Access: | http://f1000research.com/articles/3-166/v1 |