Comprehensive Review of Headache Medicine

by Levin, Morris

• ISBN13: 9780195366730
• ISBN10: 0195366735
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-08
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Headache medicine is now recognized as an official medical subspecialty. The United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS) has accredited fellowship training programs and offers accreditation for individuals who demonstrate expertise in headache medicine. Practitioners who specialize in the field come from many different backgrounds including neurology, internal medicine, anesthesiology, rehabilitation medicine, family medicine, psychiatry, dentistry and others. Due to the great deal of scientific and clinical research being done in this field, it is growing rapidly in every way. Many physicians and other health care providers are developing an interest in the practice of headache medicine, which is fortunate due to the vast numbers of individuals who suffer from headache disorders.

Table of Contents

Headache Medicine Basic Science: Anatomy, Physiology, and Epidemiology
Head Pain Anatomy and Physiology	p. 3
Pathophysiology and Genetics of Migraine and Cluster Headache	p. 21
The Epidemiology and Burden of Headache	p. 39
Diagnosis of Primary Headache Disorders
The International Classification of Headache Disorders and Classification and Diagnosis of Migraine	p. 59
Classification and Diagnosis of Chronic Daily Headache and Tension-Type Headache	p. 73
Classification and Diagnosis of Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias and Other Primary Headaches	p. 91
Diagnosis of Secondary Headache Disorders
Classification and Diagnosis of Secondary Headaches: Traumatic and Vascular Causes	p. 115
Classification and Diagnosis of Secondary Headaches: Altered Intracranial Pressure, Neoplasm, and Infection	p. 149
Classification and Diagnosis of Secondary Headaches: Substances, Metabolic Disorders, EENT Causes, and Neuralgias	p. 177
Psychiatric Comorbidity and Causes of Headache	p. 193
Headache Treatment
Pharmacologic Treatment of Acute Migraine	p. 209
Preventive Pharmacologic Treatment of Migraine and Tension-Type Headache	p. 231
Pharmacologic Treatment of Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias and Other Primary Headaches	p. 255
Treatment of Chronic Daily Headache	p. 265
Treatment of Intractable Headache and Special Populations
Headache Treatment in Children, Pregnancy and Lactation, the Elderly, and Renal Disease	p. 277
Inpatient Headache Treatment	p. 285
Non-Pharmacologic Headache Treatment	p. 293
Procedures for Headache	p. 303
Index	p. 311
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