Emergency Headache: Diagnosis and Management

doi:10.1017/9781316819388

Do you need current and pragmatic guidance in meeting the challenges of acute headache assessment under pressure? Authored by renowned experts in neurology and emergency medicine, this versatile handbook offers practitioners a broad perspective on common, less-common, and rare headache disorders to enable accurate patient diagnosis and effective treatment. Featuring a multidisciplinary team of authors, this textbook provides clinicians who work in acute care settings with the right tools to recognise and understand primary headache disorders and life threatening causes of headache. Covering the best available evidence and practice standards from the emergency department, this guide provides direct answers to challenging management problems. Invaluable and extensively researched, practitioners are able to confidently evaluate a spectrum of conditions, while balancing resource utilization and cost considerations in a time-constrained environment.

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Emergency Headache
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Diagnosis and Management
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Contents
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Contributors
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Preface
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1 - Introduction
pp 1-3
- By Serena L. Orr, David W. Dodick
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2 - Epidemiology of Headache in the Emergency Department
pp 4-14
- By Serena L. Orr, David W. Dodick
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3 - Approach to History Taking and the Physical Examination
pp 15-25
- By Suzanne Christie, Garth Dickinson
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4 - Approach to Investigations
pp 26-42
- By Meir H. Scheinfeld, Benjamin W. Friedman
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5 - Thunderclap Headache in the Emergency Department
pp 43-49
- By James Ducharme
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6 - Other Secondary Headaches in the Emergency Department
pp 50-64
- By Michael J. Marmura, Benjamin W. Friedman
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7 - The Migraine Patient in the Emergency Department
pp 65-79
- By Serena L. Orr, Brian H. Rowe
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8 - The Patient with a Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgia in the Emergency Department
pp 80-87
- By Anne Ducros
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9 - Other Primary Headache Disorders That Can Present to the Emergency Department
pp 88-98
- By Yasmin Idu Jion, Brian M. Grosberg
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10 - Medication Overuse Headache in the Emergency Department
pp 99-109
- By Chia-Chun Chiang, Todd J. Schwedt, Shuu-Jiun Wang, David W. Dodick
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11 - Approach to the Pediatric Patient with Headache in the Emergency Department
pp 110-124
- By Serena L. Orr, David Sheridan
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12 - Approach to Pregnant or Lactating Patients with Headache in the Emergency Department
pp 125-140
- By Sylvia Lucas, Esther Rawner
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13 - Approach to the Elderly Patient with Headache in the Emergency Department
pp 141-148
- By Fabio Frediani, Gennaro Bussone
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14 - Preventing Emergency Department Visits in Primary Headache Patients and Prevention of Bounce-Backs to the Emergency Department
pp 149-157
- By Wm. Jeptha Davenport
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Index
pp 158-164
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Contents

Emergency Headache
pp i-ii

Emergency Headache - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Contents
pp v-v

Contributors
pp vi-vii

Preface
pp viii-viii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-3

2 - Epidemiology of Headache in the Emergency Department
pp 4-14

3 - Approach to History Taking and the Physical Examination
pp 15-25

4 - Approach to Investigations
pp 26-42

5 - Thunderclap Headache in the Emergency Department
pp 43-49

6 - Other Secondary Headaches in the Emergency Department
pp 50-64

7 - The Migraine Patient in the Emergency Department
pp 65-79

8 - The Patient with a Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgia in the Emergency Department
pp 80-87

9 - Other Primary Headache Disorders That Can Present to the Emergency Department
pp 88-98

10 - Medication Overuse Headache in the Emergency Department
pp 99-109

11 - Approach to the Pediatric Patient with Headache in the Emergency Department
pp 110-124

12 - Approach to Pregnant or Lactating Patients with Headache in the Emergency Department
pp 125-140

13 - Approach to the Elderly Patient with Headache in the Emergency Department
pp 141-148

14 - Preventing Emergency Department Visits in Primary Headache Patients and Prevention of Bounce-Backs to the Emergency Department
pp 149-157

Index
pp 158-164

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