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 to an underlying and usually treatable cause. Most headaches are primary; this includes migraine and variants, and cluster and tension-type headaches. Before assuming a primary diagnosis, however, the clinician must rule out headaches secondary to an underlying cause so that further investigation, treatment, or referral may be initiated.

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Publication Title

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volume

20

Issue

3

Number of Pages

15-23

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1097/00003465-200105000-00006

Socpus ID

17844379554 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/17844379554

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