INDICE: I. Diagnostic Evaluation. 1. Epidemiology. 2. Focused history and examination. 3. The role of imaging and laboratory evaluation. II. Sinister secondary headaches: How they present and how not to miss them. 1. Subarachnoid hemorrhage. 2. Arterial dissection. 3. Cerebral Venous sinus thrombosis. 4. Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome. 5. Spontaneous intracranial hypotension. 6. Intracranial infections: Meningitis / encephalitis / sinusits. 7. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (Pseudotumor cerebri). 8. Giant cell arteritis. 9. Intracranial neoplasm. 10. Ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. III. Intractable primary headaches: how to manage them. 1. Migraine. 2. Cluster headache. 3. Medication overuse headache (rebound). 4. Trigeminal neuralgia. 5. Primary exertional headache. 6. Primary sexual headache. IV. The ‘frequent fliers’ and ‘drug–seeking patients’; how to effective manage these patients
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-8406-9
- Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha Publicación: 11/07/2014
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés