DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800901-7.00021-5
关键词: Emergency department 、 Migraine 、 Subarachnoid hemorrhage 、 Presentation (obstetrics) 、 Medicine 、 Primary headache 、 Triage 、 Medical emergency 、 Medical safety 、 Headaches
摘要: Four million patients present to US emergency departments (EDs) annually with the complaint of headache. The physician must diagnose malignant secondary causes headache such as aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage expeditiously, treat acute exacerbations primary disorders migraine effectively, and provide tailored education who use ED a medical safety net. needs EDs are varying complex – one-size-fits-all strategy is doomed failure. Herein, we discuss clinical features various headaches that physicians encounter commonly; efficient diagnostic work-ups, including when order laboratory imaging tests; strategies for effective parenteral post-discharge treatment. chapter also discusses management complicated subgroup comorbid psychiatric illness, medication overuse headache, opioid dependence make frequent visits an