Book contents
- Emergency Headache
- Emergency Headache
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Epidemiology of Headache in the Emergency Department
- 3 Approach to History Taking and the Physical Examination
- 4 Approach to Investigations
- 5 Thunderclap Headache in the Emergency Department
- 6 Other Secondary Headaches in the Emergency Department
- 7 The Migraine Patient in the Emergency Department
- 8 The Patient with a Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgia in the Emergency Department
- 9 Other Primary Headache Disorders That Can Present to the Emergency Department
- 10 Medication Overuse Headache in the Emergency Department
- 11 Approach to the Pediatric Patient with Headache in the Emergency Department
- 12 Approach to Pregnant or Lactating Patients with Headache in the Emergency Department
- 13 Approach to the Elderly Patient with Headache in the Emergency Department
- 14 Preventing Emergency Department Visits in Primary Headache Patients and Prevention of Bounce-Backs to the Emergency Department
- Index
- References
14 - Preventing Emergency Department Visits in Primary Headache Patients and Prevention of Bounce-Backs to the Emergency Department
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 October 2017
Book contents
- Emergency Headache
- Emergency Headache
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Epidemiology of Headache in the Emergency Department
- 3 Approach to History Taking and the Physical Examination
- 4 Approach to Investigations
- 5 Thunderclap Headache in the Emergency Department
- 6 Other Secondary Headaches in the Emergency Department
- 7 The Migraine Patient in the Emergency Department
- 8 The Patient with a Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgia in the Emergency Department
- 9 Other Primary Headache Disorders That Can Present to the Emergency Department
- 10 Medication Overuse Headache in the Emergency Department
- 11 Approach to the Pediatric Patient with Headache in the Emergency Department
- 12 Approach to Pregnant or Lactating Patients with Headache in the Emergency Department
- 13 Approach to the Elderly Patient with Headache in the Emergency Department
- 14 Preventing Emergency Department Visits in Primary Headache Patients and Prevention of Bounce-Backs to the Emergency Department
- Index
- References
Summary
Abstract
Acute therapy of primary headaches includes intravenous rehydration, anti-emetics, corticosteroids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, dihydroergotamine, and serotonin 5-HT1B/1D receptor agonists. Different types of primary headaches may respond similarly to these therapies. Many headaches recur not long after treatment in the ED, and the natural history of the primary headaches is such that they will recur in the long term if not within hours to days of discharge. The ED physician must consider the possibility of post-ED headaches for patients presenting to the ED with primary headaches, and provide anticipatory management for these headaches. The appropriate management of primary headache relies on resources outside the ED, developed in collaboration with outpatient headache healthcare providers. This chapter will address post-ED headache management for primary headache patients.
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- Emergency HeadacheDiagnosis and Management, pp. 149 - 157Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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