Principles of Clinical Pharmacology, Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials, and Evidence-Based Medicine in Headache Carl G. H. Dahlöf Paul Rolan Peer Tfelt-Hansen The clinical pharmacology of a drug includes both pharmacokinetics—what…
The History and Examination of Headache Patients Jes Olesen David W. Dodick CLINICAL APPROACH TO PATIENT WITH HEADACHE For patients with new-onset or progressive headaches, the approach is similar to…
Societal Burden of the Headache Jenny Berg Nabih M. Ramadan Headache is almost a universal experience in that it affects most people at some stage in their lives. Nevertheless, the…
Impact of the Headache on the Individual and Family Carl G. H. Dahlöf Glen D. Solomon Headache is a heterogeneous condition that varies widely with respect to global severity and…
Epidemiology of Headache Lars J. Stovner Ann I. Scher Epidemiology has been defined as “the study of distribution and determinants of disease frequency in human populations.” Epidemiologic studies may be…
Classification of Headache Jes Olesen Richard B. Lipton Undoubtedly, most physicians consider disease classification to be boring, difficult to learn, and clinically not very useful. In practice, most physicians do…
History of the Headache Hansruedi Isler Peter J. Koehler ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA, EGYPT, CLASSICAL GREECE, AND ROME: HEADACHES AS A MAJOR PROBLEM The earliest accounts of headache in Mesopotamian and Egyptian…
Ilioinguinal and Iliohypogastric Nerve Blocks Nashaat N. Rizk Harinarayan Balasubramanian Patient Position: Supine. Indications: Differential nerve block for groin pain, ilioinguinal neuralgia, and post-herniorrhaphy pain. Needle Size: 22-gauge, 50-mm insulated…
Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block Nashaat N. Rizk Harinarayan Balasubramanian Patient Position: Supine, with the thigh in a neutral position. Indications: In the diagnosis and treatment of meralgia paresthetica, a…
Myoneural Injections Nashaat N. Rizk Albert J. Carvelli Patient Position: Prone on fluoroscopy table. Indications: Myofascial pain in muscle groups secondary to areas of ischemia in those muscles as a…
