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<Articles JournalTitle="Archives of Anesthesiology and Critical Care">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Archives of Anesthesiology and Critical Care</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2423-5849</Issn>
      <Volume>0</Volume>
      <Issue>0</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2026</Year>
        <Month>02</Month>
        <Day>04</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Complications of Nausea, Vomiting, and Headache after Epidural Steroid Injection in Two Elderly Patients after Multilevel Lumbar Surgery: A Case Series</title>
    <FirstPage>1377</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>1377</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sogol</FirstName>
        <LastName>Asgari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Seyed Sam Mehdi</FirstName>
        <LastName>Hosseininasab</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hasanali</FirstName>
        <LastName>Ahmadi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Faranak</FirstName>
        <LastName>Behnaz</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>01</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Epidural steroid injection is an effective method for controlling spinal radicular pain. However, in elderly patients with a history of lumbar fusion surgery, anatomical changes can lead to complications such as headache, nausea, and vomiting after the injection. In this report, two patients, 70 and 75 years old, with a history of multilevel lumbar fusion surgery who developed these complications after epidural injection are presented. Conservative treatment, including furosemide and 3% hypertonic saline, was associated with complete improvement of symptoms.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://aacc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/aacc/article/view/1377</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
