Common pitfalls in the evaluation and management of headache case-based learning
Although headache is one of the most common complaints that patients bring to their clinicians, few physicians feel confident about its clinical evaluation and management. Is it a problem in its own right, or the presenting symptom of a serious medical condition? Loder, Rizzoli and Burch bring a pra...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2014.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b45444870*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Confusing one benign headache with another
- Mistaking primary headache for another condition
- Missing dangerous causes of headache
- Pitfalls in diagnostic testing : imaging and lumbar puncture
- Pitfalls in diagnostic testing : blood, urine, and other tests
- When historical or examination findings are missed or misinterpreted
- Errors in management of acute headache
- Pitfalls in drug therapy to prevent headaches
- Pitfalls in nonpharmacologic treatment of headache
- Challenges and special situations in headache management
- Medicolegal pitfalls in headache management.
