Management of primary headaches in adult Emergency Departments: A literature review, the Parma ED experience and a therapy flow chart proposal

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 545-553

  Torelli, Paola ^a   Campana, Valentina ^b   Cervellin, Gianfranco ^b   Manzoni, Gian Camillo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute headache; Emergency Department; Migraine; Tension type headache; Therapy; Triptans

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPROMAZINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DROPERIDOL; KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; PROCHLORPERAZINE; SUMATRIPTAN; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

AKATHISIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG PREFERENCE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEADACHE; PRURITUS; REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTIGO;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEADACHE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS; TRYPTAMINES;

EID: 78049329999     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-010-0337-y     Document Type: Review

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