An alternative approach to acute headache treatment: An emergency department pilot study

Headache Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-134

  Friedman, Mark H ^a,d   Nehrbauer, Nicholas J ^b,c   Larsen, Erik A ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute headache treatment; Alternative treatment; Non invasive treatment

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; MOLAR TOOTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION HEADACHE; TUBE;

EID: 0032802403     PISSN: 10597565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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