Advanced Therapy of Headache: An Illustrated Guide to Understanding the Treatment and Control of Headache - Rilegato

Rapoport, Alan M.; Sheftell, Fred D.; Purdy, R. Allan

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1550090577 ISBN 13: 9781550090574

Casa editrice: B.C. Decker Inc, 1998

Riassunto

This unique book draws on the real-world experience of leading practitioners to offer proven diagnosis and management techniques for primary headache disorders, secondary disorders, and unusual headache disorders. It uses the case study approach to mirror clinical practice. First, cases specific to type or etiology are presented. Then, the author explains how the case was diagnosed and managed. Suggestions regarding management of similar cases are provided. Last, vital information is summarized in a quick-reference format.

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Contenuti

PART 1: Primary Headache Disorders
1. The Woman with Episodic Headache
2. The Patient with Visual Symptoms and Headache
3. The Patient with Recurrent Headaches since Childhood
4. The Young Girl with Incapacitating Headaches
5. The Woman Who Could Not Decide Which Medication to Take
6. The Woman with Monthly Headaches
7. The Woman with the Numb Hand and Face
8. Two Woman with Menopausal-Related Headache
9. The Patient with Headache, Arthritis, and Hypertension
10. The Patient with Migraine and Transient Weakness
11. The Patient with Headache and Depression
12. The Patient in the Emergency Room: Case 1
13. The Man with daily Headaches
14. The Man Whose Severe Headaches Would Not Quit
15. The Man with Never-Ending Headaches
16. The Woman with Daily Headaches
17. The Woman with Daily Persistent Headaches
18. The Patient Who Refused Pharmacotherapy
19. The Adolescent with Chronic Daily Headache
20. The Man with Cough and Headache
21. The Man with Recurrent Sudden Headaches
22. The Patient with Ice-Pick Pains
23. The Woman with Continuos Headache
24. The Woman with Short-Lasting, Unilateral Headache and Autonomic Symptoms

PART 2: SECONDARY, RARE, AND UNUSUAL HEADACHE DISORDERS
25. The Patient with the Changing Headache
26. The Patient with Headache and Abnormal Menses
27. The Man with Evolving Headache
28. The patient in the Emergency Room: Case 2
29. Seven Patients, Seven Headaches
30. The Woman with Postpartum Headache
31. The Woman with Acute Severe Headache
32. The Man with Headache and Fever
33. The Woman with Generalized Headache and Transient Visual Obstruction
34. Two Patients with Posterior Head and Cervical Pain
35. The Woman with Headache following Lumbar Puncture
36. The Man with Headache Following a Fall
37. Two Headache patients with the Same Infection
38. The Patient with Bruxism and Headache
39. Two Patients with Headache and Systemic Symptoms
40. The Woman with Facial Pain of Undetermined Origin
41. The Woman with Right Upper Facial Pain
42. The Patient with Neck Pain and Headache
43. Headache and Facial Pain in an Elderly Man
44. The Oenophile with the Disappearing Migraine
45. The Patient with an Unusual Familial Headache Disorder
46. An Interesting Resolution of an Unusual Headache
47. Two Women with Headache associated with Loud Noise
48. The Women with Occipital Headache and Acute Neurologic Deficits

Appendix:
Diagnostic Table of Contents
Index

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: B.C. Decker Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1550090577
• ISBN 13: 9781550090574
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 324
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile