Great occipital nerve blockade for cluster headache in the emergency department: Case report

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 98-100

  Scattoni, Lorena ^a   Di Stani, Fabrizio ^a   Villani, Veronica ^a   Dugoni, Demo ^a   Mostardini, Claudio ^a   Reale, Carlo ^a   Cerbo, Rosanna ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster headache; Emergency department; Great occipital nerve blockade

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; INDOMETACIN; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXYGEN; RIZATRIPTAN; SUMATRIPTAN; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY CARE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL NERVE;

ADULT; CLUSTER HEADACHE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 33745996394     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-006-0283-5     Document Type: Article

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