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Media type:
E-Book
Title:
Clinician’s Manual on Treatment of Pediatric Migraine
Contains:
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Author biography; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Evaluation of the child with headache; The headache history; The basic headache questions; The basic medical questions; The "Red Flag" questions; The "Is this a migraine?" questions; Physical and neurological examination; Ancillary diagnostic testing: When to worry? When to scan?; Chapter 2 Pediatric migraine; Epidemiology; Pathophysiology; Classification of pediatric migraine; Migraine without aura; Migraine with aura; Other unusual forms of migraine in childhood
Chapter 3 Management options for pediatric migraineBio-behavioral therapies (non-pharmacologic measures); Psychological interventions; Complementary and alternative therapies; Pharmacological management; Acute treatment; The evidence for acute treatments in children and adolescents; Ibuprofen; Naproxen; The triptan agents; Almotriptan; Rizatriptan; Sumatriptan; Zolmitriptan; Other triptans; Dihydroergotamine; Combination agents; Antiemetics; Preventive therapies; The evidence for preventive treatments in children and adolescents; Antihistamines; Antidepressants; Antiepileptic drugs
Anti-hypertensive agentsChapter 4 Status migraine: The emergency department management of status migraine; Chapter 5 Chronic migraine (aka chronic daily headache); Chapter 6 Prognosis of childhood migraine; Conclusions; References;
Footnote:
Description based upon print version of record
Description:
Migraine is a debilitating disorder, it is essential that it is diagnosed accurately and swiftly in patients. This book covers, in-depth, the key diagnostic criteria and treatments that pediatricians and other primary care providers must be aware of in order to treat pediatric migraine effectively. - Written by an expert on the subject of pediatric migraine/headache - A refresher for GPs and hospital doctors with practical diagnostic and treatment advice - Reviews clinical developments and guidelines, and places them into everyday clinical practice - Stresses the importance of early intervention, therapies and patient education - Concise but comprehensive
Dr Lewis, MD, FAAP, FAAN, is a pediatric neurologist at the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters and Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia where he currently serves as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics. He has participated in the design and implementation of over 20 clinical trials for migraine in children and authored the American of Academy of Neurology Practice Parameters for the evaluation of the child with recurrent headache and for the pharmacological management of migraine in children and adolescents. He is active in the American Academy of Pe