Management of primary headache in emergency services of Santos and surrounding towns
São Paulo med. j
;
116(2): 1650-3, Mar.-Apr. 1998.
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
Objectives:
Primary headaches are often seen by Clinicians on duty at Emergency Services. We have investigated the treatment of such patients by 43 medical doctors who have been working at Emergency Services in the city of Santos and surrounding towns for many years.Results:
We confirmed the high prevalence of primary headaches in Emergency Services. There seem to be diagnosis difficulties concerning differentiating attacks of migraine and tension type headache. We also observed that IV dipirone was the most frequently prescribed traetment for patients with primary headaches in this study. There is no protocol in the literature which recommends IV dipirone for the treatment of migraine attacks or the primary headaches.Conclusion:
It would be advisable to perform controlled double blind studies in order to verify the advantagens of IV dipirone in the treatment of intense attacks primary headaches. We concluded that headache management recycling programs could be of interest for doctors who regularly work at Emergency Services.
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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Dipirona
/
Serviços Médicos de Emergência
/
Cefaleia
Tipo de estudo:
Ensaio Clínico Controlado
/
Estudo diagnóstico
/
Guia de Prática Clínica
/
Estudo de prevalência
/
Fatores de risco
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
/
Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
São Paulo med. j
Assunto da revista:
Cirurgia Geral
/
Cincia
/
Ginecologia
/
Medicina
/
Medicina Interna
/
Obstetr¡cia
/
Pediatria
/
Sa£de Mental
/
Sa£de P£blica
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
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