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Setting Up a Stroke Team Algorithm and Conducting Simulation-based Training in the Emergency Department - A Practical Guide
Published on: January 15, 2017
Treatment in the emergency department
Yu-Hsiang Ling1, Debashish Chowdhury2, Shuu-Jiun Wang3
1Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Abstract:
As a common headache disorder, migraine is also a common cause for emergency department (ED) visiting, which leads to tremendous medical and economic burden. The goals of migraine management in ED are resolving headache and migraine-related most bothersome symptoms rapidly, preventing ED revisiting due to headache relapse, and referring patients at risk, e.g., patients with chronic migraine and/or medication-overuse headache, to specialists. In this chapter, we elucidated the algorithm which was particularly adapted to ED settings for the diagnosis and treatment of migraine. We reviewed a plentiful amount of high-quality clinical trials, especially those conducted in populations derived from ED, to provide readers insights into the optimized treatment options for migraine in ED.
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