|  | Hershey, Andrew D. / Powers, Scott W. / Winner, Paul / Kabbouche, Marielle A.
Pediatric Headaches in Clinical Practice
 1. Edition - March 2009
61.90 Euro
2009. 234 Pages, Hardcover
- Practical Approach Book -
ISBN-10: 0-470-51273-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-51273-9 - John Wiley & Sons
Sample Chapter
Detailed description
This book is a foundation for further study into childhood headache and serve as a quick, up-to-date reference for the recognition, diagnosis, basic understanding, evaluation and management of headache disorders in children and adolescents.
* Covers primary headache disorders including migraine
* Covers secondary headaches, including sinus, and post traumatic headache
* Provides thoughtful guidelines on behavioural management strategies as well as pharmacologic therapies
From the contents
Chapter 1: History of Childhood Headaches.
Epidemiology, Classification and Pathophysiology of pediatric headaches.
Chapter 2: Evaluation and Classification.
Chapter 3: Diagnostic Testing and Concerning Variants.
Chapter 4: Epidemiology of Pediatric Headaches.
Chapter 5: Impact of Childhood Headaches.
Chapter 6: Emergent evaluation and management.
Chapter 7: Pathophysiology.
Primary Headache Disorders.
Chapter 8: Migraine: Diagnosis and Treatment.
Chapter 9: Migraine Variants and the Periodic Syndromes.
Chapter10: Tension-type headache: Diagnosis and Treatment.
Chapter 11: Chronic Daily Headaches in Children.
Chapter 12: Other Primary Headache Disorders.
Chapter 13: Biobehavioral Management of Childhood Headaches.
Secondary Headache Disorders.
Chapter 14: Sinus Headache and Nasal Disease.
Chapter 15: Post-traumatic Headaches.
Chapter 16: Headaches associated with altered intracranial pressure.
Chapter 17: Other Secondary Headaches.
Index.
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