Title

Assessing And Managing The Patient With Headaches

Abstract

Headaches are considered the most common type of pain; more than 40 million Americans seek treatment each year. A clear understanding of the types and possible causes of headache pain is essential to adequately assess and manage the patient with headaches. Headaches can be categorized as either primary or secondary toan underlying and usually treatable cause. Most headaches are primary; this includes migraine and variants, and cluster and tension-type headaches. Before assuming a primary diagnosisr however, the clinician must rule out headaches secondary to an underlying cause so that further Investigation, treatment, or referral may be initiated. © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Publication Title

Nurse Practitioner

Volume

24

Issue

7

Number of Pages

18-37

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00006205-199907000-00004

Socpus ID

0033163347 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0033163347

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