Improvement of refractory migraine headache by propofol: Case series

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Soleimanpour, Hassan ^a   Taheraghdam, Aliakbar ^a   Ghafouri, Rouzbeh Rajaei ^a   Taghizadieh, Ali ^a   Marjany, Karim ^b   Soleimanpour, Maryam ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Emergency department; GABAergic receptors; Migraine headache; Propofol; Visual Analogue Scale

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84861909086     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-5-19     Document Type: Article

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