Randomized controlled trial of intravenous dexamethasone to prevent relapse in acute migraine headache

Headache

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-340

  Rowe, Brian H ^a   Colman, Ian ^a,b   Edmonds, Marcia L ^c   Blitz, Sandra ^a   Walker, Alan ^a   Wiens, Sheldon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Headache; Migraine; RCT; Relapse

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; RESTLESSNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBOS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 42049115083     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00959.x     Document Type: Article

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