Treatment of Primary Headache in the Emergency Department

Headache

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1026-1031

  Blumenthal, Harvey J ^a,b,c   Weisz, Michael A ^c   Kelly, Karen M ^b   Mayer, Renae L ^c   Blonsky, Jeffrey ^c  

^a Neurological Associates of Tulsa   (United States)

^b Saint Francis Hospital Tulsa   (United States)

^c University of Oklahoma Tulsa College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug therapy combination; Emergency service; Headache; Hospital; Migraine

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUTALBITAL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ISOMETHEPTENE; ISOMETHEPTENE MUCATE; KETOROLAC; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; PROCHLORPERAZINE; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SUMATRIPTAN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIGRAINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REST; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; OKLAHOMA; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345991240     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2003.03202.x     Document Type: Article

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