Refractory migraine
Subtitle: mechanisms and management
By: edited by Elliot A. Schulman ... [et al.].
Contributors: Schulman, Elliot A.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9780195394696
Subjects: Migraine; Migraine Disorders -- therapy; Migraine Disorders -- diagnosis
Description: This book is written by international experts from the world's top headache centers. It describes how they approach the treatment of migraine patients who continue to suffer despite appropriate medical treatment. First, it highlights current ideas about the definition and characterization of refractory migraine, and reviews underlying causes and contributing factors. If you treat patients with migraine, you will recognize many of the challenging situations and topics covered in this book - and you will be encouraged by the innovative and resourceful therapeutic strategies suggested by seasoned headache doctors with a wealth of clinical experience. Readable, comprehensive and up to date, this book gives you access to ingenious treatment approaches developed and refined in specialty headache clinics that regularly - and successfully - treat patients with refractory headache problems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical overview of refractory headache / Elliott Schulman; title: Definition and classification / Morris Levin & Elliott Schulman; title: Epidemiology & environmental risk factors in RM / Richard Lipton; title: Mechanisms / Peter Goadsby; title: History taking and physical exam / Tom Ward; title: Differential diagnosis and diagnostic testing / Alan Purdy; title: Identifying psychiatric comorbidity / Don Penzien & Todd Smitherman; title: Preventive pharmacotherapy / Ninan Mathew; title: Acute and urgent treatment / Brian McGeeney; title: MOH in RM and its treatment / Stewart Tepper; title: Pharmacological treatment of psychiatric comorbidity / Noah Rosen; title: Psychological approaches in treating RM / Al Lake; title: Non-pharmacological treatment / Alex Mauskopp; title: Women, lactation, and pregnancy / Elizabeth Loder; title: Treatment of refractory headache in children and adolescents / Andrew Hershey; title: Nerve blocks, and other injections / Avi Ashkenazi and Morris Levin; title: Physical treatments / Steven Graff-Radford; title: Inpatient treatment / Joel Saper; title: Creating a foundation for successful treatment : improving adherence, fostering doctor-patient relationships / Roger Cady, Kathy Farmer, Jeanetta Rains; title: Emerging therapies in refractory migraine / Nabih Ramadan; title: Other refractory headaches : NDPH, CTTH, post-traumatic, cluster, TACs / Rigmoor Jensen; title: Physician and practice issues : toll on the treating physician, pitfalls, practice tips / John Rothrock; title: Assessing and managing disability in refractory migraine / Jon Borkum; title: Coding and reimbursement / Stuart Black.