Headaches in a pediatric emergency department: Etiology, imaging, and treatment

Headache

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-29

  Kan, Li ^a   Nagelberg, Joy ^a   Maytal, Joseph ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT scan; Emergency department; Headache diagnosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; COCODAMOL; DIAZEPAM; ERGOT DERIVATIVE; KETOROLAC; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TENSION HEADACHE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEW YORK; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033952247     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2000.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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