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REF: ACP Medicine Best DX/Best Rx 2006

Headache

Randolph W. Evans, M.D.
University of Texas at Houston Medical School


Worriesome Headaches:  Red Flags "SNOOP"   (American Headache Society)


Definition/Key Clinical Features
Differential Diagnosis
Best Tests
Best Therapy
Best References


Definition/Key Clinical Features

Migraine


Tension-Type Headache


Chronic Daily Headache

Subtypes

Differential Diagnosis

Best Tests

Best Therapy

Migraine

Over-the-Counter Medications

Prescription Drugs

Intractable Migraine and Migraine Status

Parenteral Agents

Migraine Prevention

Drugs for migraine prevention

Tension Headache

Drugs for Tension Headache

Prevention of Tension Headache

Chronic Daily Headache

Best References

Bahra, et al: Neurology 58:354, 2002

Codispoti, et al: Headache 41:665, 2001

Freitag, et al: Headache 41:391, 2001

Lipton, et al: JAMA 2284:2599, 2000

Smith: Headache 42:175, 2002


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