- 지속적 요부 경막외 차단 중 발생한 뇌막염 -증례 보고-
- ㆍ 저자명
- 이성연,채정혜,최봉춘,전태완,김정호,김찬,Lee. Seong-Yeon,Chae. Jeong-Hye,Choi. Bong-Choon,Chun. Tae-Wan,Kim. Jeong-Ho,Kim. Chan
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 大韓痛症學會誌
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 1995년|8권 2호|pp.383-385 (3 pages)
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- 대한통증학회
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- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
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Postpuncture headache is the most common complication of epidural block, others include abscission of the tip of catheter, epidural abscess and subarachnoid infection, etc. A 69-year-old female patient visited the Neuro-Pain Clinic of Seran General Hospital for treatment of lower back pain and both sciatica. She received continuous epidural block, psoas compartment block, lumbar facet joint block and lumbar facet thermocoagulation. During the epidural block procedure the dura was accidently punctured and auto-logous blood patch was performed. Three days later, she manifested fever, nausea, vomiting, mild neck stiffness and mental deterioration. Meningitis was suspected as the cause of these signs. The CSF study reported: protein 400 mg/dl, sugar 14 mg/dl, WBC $468/mm^3$. She was recovered from the meningitis after adequate antibiotic therapy.