Clinician’s Manual on Treatment of Pediatric Migraine

• Main Author: Lewis, Donald W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tarporley : Springer Healthcare Ltd. : Imprint: Springer Healthcare, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Neurology.; Pain medicine.; Pediatrics.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Pain Medicine.; Primary Care Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

Migraine is a debilitating disorder, it is essential that it is diagnosed accurately and swiftly in patients. This book covers, in-depth, the key diagnostic criteria and treatments that pediatricians and other primary care providers must be aware of in order to treat pediatric migraine effectively....

Table of Contents:

• Evaluation of the child with headache
• Pediatric migraine
• Management options for pediatric migraine
• Status migraine: The emergency department management of status migraine
• Chronic migraine (aka chronic daily headache)
• Prognosis of childhood migraine.