Randomized trial of IV dexamethasone for acute migraine in the emergency department

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 2038-2044

  Friedman, B W ^a   Greenwald, P ^c   Bania, T C ^d   Esses, D ^a   Hochberg, M ^a   Solorzano, C ^b   Corbo, J ^a   Chu, J ^d   Chew, E ^a   Cheung, P ^c   Fearon, S ^a   Paternoster, J ^a   Baccellieri, A ^a   Clark, S ^c   Bijur, P E ^a   Lipton, R B ^a   Gallagher, E J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; PLACEBO;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 36448934199     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000281105.78936.1d     Document Type: Article

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