Table 1:

Patients with intracranial hypotension

PatientEtiologyEBPR1R2R3
HP 1SIHYpospospos
HP 2SIHNpospospos
HP 3SP ANNpospospos
HP 4SIHYnegpospos
HP 5Post-LPYpospospos
HP 6SIHNpospospos
HP 7SIHYpospospos
HP 8SIHYpospospos
HP 9SIHNpospospos
HP 10SIHNposnegneg
HP 11SIHYpospospos
HP 12SIHNposnegpos
HP 13SIHYpospospos
HP 14SIHYpospospos
HP 15Post-LPYpospospos
  • Note:—SIH indicates spontaneous intracranial hypotension; pos, positive; neg, negative; Y, yes; N, no; SP AN, spinal anesthetic procedure; EBP, epidural blood patch was performed; R1, R2, R3, the interpretation of the venous distension sign by each reader for each patient; HP hypotension patient; Post-LP, after lumbar puncture.