ED treatment of migraine headache: Factors influencing pharmacotherapeutic choices

Headache

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1134-1143

  Hurtado, Timothy R ^a,d   Vinson, David R ^b   Vandenberg, J Toby ^c  

^a US Army Emergency Medicine

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Great River Medical Center   (United States)

^d 121st General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Emergency department; Migraine headache; Parenteral therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUTORPHANOL; CAFFEINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROMORPHONE; HYDROXYZINE; KETOROLAC; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OPIATE AGONIST; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PETHIDINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROMETHAZINE; SUMATRIPTAN;

ARTICLE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRAINE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34648829904     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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