A randomized trial of telemedicine efficacy and safety for nonacute headaches

Neurology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 153-162

  Müller, Kai I ^a,b   Alstadhaug, Karl B ^a,c   Bekkelund, Svein I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLUSTER HEADACHE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INHALATION TEST; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONACUTE HEADACHE; PAIN INTENSITY; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SECONDARY HEADACHE; TELEMEDICINE; TENSION HEADACHE; VASOSPASM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALGESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEADACHE DISORDERS, SECONDARY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL AUTONOMIC CEPHALALGIAS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, SECONDARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TELEMEDICINE; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; TRIGEMINAL AUTONOMIC CEPHALALGIAS;

EID: 85023197903     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004085     Document Type: Article

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