Neurol. praxi. 2018;19(5):321-325 | DOI: 10.36290/neu.2018.048
Acute migraine therapy in the emergency room
- Neurologická klinika, Fakultná nemocnica Nitra
Migraine is common in adult as well as pediatric population. In our countries a neurologist is often called to the emergency roomfor differential diagnosis of headache and its therapy management in contrast with western countries, where acute managementof migraine is the premise of the emergency specialist. Local standard treatment protocols rarely exist. The current article reviewsdata on treatment of acute headache patients in the acute care setting.
Keywords: migraine, primary headache, acute, treatment
Received: July 9, 2018; Accepted: July 31, 2018; Published: October 1, 2018 Show citation
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