A 33-year-old woman with severe postpartum headache
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine,
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2013),
2 July 2013
,
Page 27-29
https://doi.org/10.22037/aaem.v1i1.13
Abstract
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atient was a 33-year-old woman underwent her first time cesarean section combined with spinal epidural anesthesia 5 days before and discharged the day after with good condition. She got severe headache with pain score about 8-9, 2 days after discharge from hospital. Her headache was severe, bilateral, pulsatile and almost likely sudden onset accompanied with nausea that mildly progressed after starting.How to Cite
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