Managing headache in the pediatric emergency department |
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Authors: | Faiqa Qureshi MD Donald Lewis MD |
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Affiliation: | a Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Neurology, Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA |
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Abstract: | Headache is a common complaint in children and adolescents. While the majority of headaches are self-limited and benign, headaches occasionally herald a life-threatening illness such as a brain tumor, intracranial hemorrhage, or meningitis. The emergency department physician has to distinguish between “benign” and “serious” headaches and therefore must have a rational, organized approach to the evaluation of these patients. This article will focus on a clinical classification system for childhood and adolescent headaches and discuss their emergency department evaluation and current recommended therapy. |
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