An Approach to Identifying Headache Patients That Require Neuroimaging

Frontiers in Public Health

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Andrew Micieli¹  William Kingston² 

[1] Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto;Department of Neurology, Woman's College Hospital

关键词: neuroimaging;    headache;    neurology;    migraine;    MRI;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2019.00052

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Headache is one of the most common clinical scenarios faced by a neurologist or neurologist in training. However, the decision process on when to complete neuroimaging can be difficult in clinical practice. This article focuses on a well-organized and evidence-based approach to identify patients with headache that require neuroimaging and will lend confidence to the clinician faced with these scenarios in clinical practice. The approach includes neuroimaging in episodic migraine, chronic migraine, identifying secondary headache disorders in clinic and the emergency department, and discusses pitfalls to over imaging. The article concludes with a flowchart to summarize an overall clinical approach.

【 授权许可】

CC BY