Tag: Headache

Pediatric Headache Evaluation Through Treatment for the General Provider


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English | ISBN: 3031139305 | 2022 | 210 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Pediatric headache is the most common neurological complaint that presents to the general pediatrician, urgent care and emergency rooms, and to pediatric neurology. Despite how common headaches are in the pediatric population and how many children continue to suffer from their headaches on a daily basis, there remains a tremendous disconnect for those tasked with being the first-line providers (general pediatric providers). This stems from the fact that headache patients can be so variable and challenging, with numerous comorbid concerns, all the while requiring an individualized treatment approach without a cure.

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Hypnic Headache Diagnosis and Treatment


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English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031322622 | 222 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 3 MB
Hypnic headache is a rare primary headache that occurs only during sleep with a prevalence of 0.07%. Diagnosis are challenging since patients do not show changes in neurological examinations or exams.

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Clinical Scales for Headache Disorders


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English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031259378 | 394 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 41 MB
This book provides an overview of planning and examining the methodology, analytic issues, primary and secondary endpoints and outcomes in headache trials. Throughout the book, guidance on how to design a high quality study and how to evaluate which study has relevant scientific qualification is discussed in detail. Clinical scales and patient related outcome measures (PROMs) to exclude secondary headaches, to diagnose primary headache disorders, to evaluate patients’ health-related quality of life, to detect psychiatric comorbidities, to assess patients’ headache-related disability and to monitor patients’ treatment optimization are clearly and concisely outlined in the chapters.

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