Analysis of headache management in a busy emergency room in the United States

Headache

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 931-938

  Sahai Srivastava, Soma ^a,b   Desai, Prakash ^a   Zheng, Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Headache; Migraine; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CODEINE; ERGOT DERIVATIVE; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIGRAINE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIEMETICS; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRYPTAMINES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44849098976     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01156.x     Document Type: Article

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