Utilization, diagnosis, treatment and cost of migraine treatment in the emergency department

Headache

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1163-1173

  Friedman, Deborah ^a,b   Feldon, Steven ^a   Holloway, Robert ^a   Fisher, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b University of Rochester Ophthalmology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Emergency department; Migraine treatment; Neuroimaging; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; DIHYDROERGOTAMINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ONDANSETRON; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PHENOTHIAZINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROMETHAZINE; SUMATRIPTAN; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIGRAINE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIEMETICS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ERGOTAMINES; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KETOROLAC; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NARCOTICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRYPTAMINES;

EID: 69449105710     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2009.01506.x     Document Type: Article

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