Journal
EMERGENCY MEDICINE CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 71-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2008.09.005
Keywords
Headache; Migraine; Emergency department
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- NINDS NIH HHS [K23 NS051409-03, K23 NS051409, 1K23NS051409] Funding Source: Medline
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Headache continues to be a frequent cause of emergency department (ED) use, accounting for 2% of all visits. Most of these headaches prove to be benign but painful exacerbations of chronic headache disorders, such as migraine, tension-type, and cluster. The goal of ED management is to provide rapid and quick relief of benign headache, without causing undue side effects, and to recognize headaches with malignant course. Although these headaches have distinct epidemiologies and clinical phenotypes, there is overlapping response to therapy; nonsteroidals, triptans, dihydroergotamine, and the antiemetic dopamine antagonists may play a therapeutic role for each of these acute headaches. This article reviews the diagnostic criteria and management strategies for the primary headache disorders.
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