Clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of acute primary headaches at an emergency center: Why are we still neglecting the evidence?

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 4 B, 2007, Pages 1130-1133

  Ruiz Jr , Facundo Burgos ^a,b   Santos, Márcia Silva ^a   Siqueira, Helen Souto ^a   Cotta, Ulisses Correa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnostic approach; Headaches; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPROMAZINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; DIMENHYDRINATE; DIPYRONE; FLUNARIZINE; HALOPERIDOL; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PROPRANOLOL; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; TENOXICAM; TRAMADOL; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PRIMARY HEADACHE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TENSION HEADACHE;

EID: 41549117912     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000700007     Document Type: Article

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