Anesthetic Management of Patients With Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

A 28-year-old woman, with a body mass index of 38 kg/m², presents to the emergency department with a severe headache; she had delivered a healthy newborn 2 days earlier. The headache is exacerbated in the upright position and significantly improved in the recumbent position; the pain radiates to her neck and shoulders. She had a documented accidental dural puncture during epidural catheter placement for labor analgesia. She was diagnosed