Effectiveness of intravenous Dexamethasone versus Propofol for pain relief in the migraine headache: A prospective double blind randomized clinical trial

BMC Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Soleimanpour, Hassan ^a   Ghafouri, Rouzbeh R ^a   Taheraghdam, Aliakbar ^b   Aghamohammadi, Dawood ^a   Negargar, Sohrab ^a   Golzari, Samad E J ^a   Abbasnezhad, Mohsen ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Emergency Medicine Department; Migraine headache; Propofol; Visual Analogue Scale

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PROPOFOL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLURRED SPEECH; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866683768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-12-114     Document Type: Article

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