Variations among emergency departments in the treatment of benign headache

Vinson, David R.; Hurtado, Timothy R.; VandenBerg, James; Banwart, Leo

doi:10.1067/mem.2003.24

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“…Forty-seven percent were given opioid analgesics, which potentially increases the risk for medication-overuse headache. However, there was a large variability between centers (16% to 72%) [21].…”

Section: Pattern Of Health Care Usementioning

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Burden of tension-type headache

Lenaerts

2006

Current Science Inc

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Epidemiology of headache has been the subject of increased attention recently. It appears that the overall human and financial cost of headache is considerable. Moreover, when the comorbidity and indirect implications of headache are taken into account, the result can be staggering. Most of the literature has concentrated on migraine rather than other headache types such as tension-type headache. This article gathers emerging data that give an estimate of some of the aspects of the burden imparted by tension-type headache on society. It also briefly considers some of the factors that could positively influence this challenge of modern medicine.

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Section: Pattern Of Health Care Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Burden of tension-type headache

Lenaerts

2006

Current Science Inc

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“…This variability is especially apparent with the use of opioids. Vinson et al found, in a study of several different acute care settings, that the use of opioid medications for migraine headaches varied from 16% to 71% (3).…”

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confidence: 99%

Evaluating the Use and Timing of Opioids for the Treatment of Migraine Headaches in the Emergency Department

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Davis

et al. 2009

The Journal of Emergency Medicine

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“…These guidelines clearly recommend the use of non-narcotics as first-line agents and the use of narcotics as the last resort for treatment of severe migraine in the ER. Two studies from the USA and one study from Canada reported very high use of narcotic analgesics (47.5%, 50.7% and 59.6% respectively) in the ER for management of acute migraine [7][8][9].…”

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Narcotic analgesics for acute migraine in the emergency room: are we meeting Headache Societies' guidelines?

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We analysed 161 patients with acute migraine in our emergency room (ER) to identify the use of narcotic analgesics as first-line treatment. Twenty-four percent of patients were treated with opioid analgesics and 76% patients were treated with non-opioid analgesics. Pain was completely relieved in 100 (62%) patients, partially relieved in 50 (31%) patients and was not relieved in 11 (7%) patients at the time of discharge. Pain relief was not related to the use of opioids vs. non-opioids. The treatment of acute migraine in our ER is in line with the guidelines of the Headache Societies and needs further improvement.

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Variations among emergency departments in the treatment of benign headache

Cited by 55 publications

References 24 publications

Burden of tension-type headache

Burden of tension-type headache

Evaluating the Use and Timing of Opioids for the Treatment of Migraine Headaches in the Emergency Department

Narcotic analgesics for acute migraine in the emergency room: are we meeting Headache Societies' guidelines?

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