Comprehensive Review of Headache Medicine

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-19-536673-0
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 672 g

A broad review of headache pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment, this book is divded into four parts. Part 1 covers head pain physiology and anatomy, headache epidemiology, and current concepts regarding headache pathophysiology. Part 2 is devoted to diagnosis of the primary headache disorders. Part 3 covers the diagnosis of secondary headaches. Part 4 is concerned with treatment of primary headaches including special considerations such as paediatric treatment, surgical treatment and inpatient treatment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levin, Morris

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Schmerzmedizin & Schmerztherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part 1: Headache Medicine Basic Science: Anatomy, Physiology, and Epidemiology

- 1: Head Pain Anatomy and Physiology

- 2: Pathophysiology and Genetics of Migraine and Cluster Headache

- 3: The Epidemiology and Burden of Headache

- Part 2: Diagnosis of Primary Headache Disorders

- 4: The International Classification of Headache Disorders and Classification and Diagnosis of Migraine

- 5: Classification and Diagnosis of Chronic Daily Headache and Tension-Type Headache

- 6: Classification and Diagnosis of Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias and Other Primary Headaches

- Part 3 Diagnosis of Secondary Headache Disorders

- 7: Classification and Diagnosis of Secondary Headaches: Traumatic and Vascular Causes

- 8: Classification and Diagnosis of Secondary Headaches: Altered Intracranial Pressure, Neoplasm, and Infection

- 9: Classification and Diagnosis of Secondary Headaches: Substances, Metabolic Disorders, EENT Causes, and Neuralgias

- 10: Psychiatric Comorbidity and Causes of Headache

- Part 4: Headache Treatment

- 11: Pharmacologic Treatment of Acute Migraine

- 12: Preventive Pharmacologic Treatment of Migraine and Tension-Type Headache

- 13: Pharmacologic Treatment of Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias and Other Primary Headaches

- 14: Treatment of Chronic Daily Headache

- Part 4. Treatment of Intractable Headache and Special Populations

- 15: Headache Treatment in Children, Pregnancy and Lactation, the Elderly, and Renal Disease

- 16: Inpatient Headache Treatment

- 17: Non-Pharmacologic Headache Treatment

- 18: Procedures for Headache