Practical Assessment and Treatment of the Patient with Headaches in the Emergency Department and Urgent Care Clinic

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Marcus, Dawn A. (Συγγραφέας), Bain, Philip A. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Neurology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Emergency Medicine.

Migraine is an extremely common condition affecting approximately 28 million Americans. Fully 1 in every 6 adult women suffers from this malady. Patients with migraine are frequently seen in the Emergency Room and Urgent Care Clinic for acute treatment of their headaches. ER and Urgent Care physicia...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Overview of headache in the emergency department
• Getting started
• Secondary headaches
• General treatment strategies
• Treating the child and adolescent with acute headache
• Treatment of pregnant and breastfeeding patients with acute headache in the ED
• Treatment of the older adult patient (>50 years old) with acute headache in the ED
• Managing risk in the ED
• After the ED: arranging post-ED follow-up care.