Practical neurology Part 7 ‐ Recurrent headaches with visual disturbance

PRACTICAL NEUROLOGY Chronic Paediatric Neurological Disorders-Part I

The neurological disorders of childhood (with which mental subnormality should also be included) are neither infrequent nor are they trivial in terms of their impact on the lives of the patients themselves, on their families, and on the community. While prevention of these conditions must be the reasonable goal of medical science, it is unlikely that there will be a substantial reduction in the...

The Patient with Recurrent Headaches since Childhood

Practical Neurology reader survey 2016.

INTRODUCTION The success of most academic journals can be captured in a single number, its impact factor. This provides a measure of the importance of the research being published and the degree to which it influences other authors in the field. Practical Neurology, in contrast, defines its impact by other measures: how often it is read; how useful are the articles to clinical neurologists; how...

Practice parameter: Evaluation of children and adolescents with recurrent headaches

Objective: The Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society develop practice parameters as strategies for patient management based on analysis of evidence. For this parameter, the authors reviewed available evidence on the evaluation of the child with recurrent headaches and made recommendations based on this evide...

Complementary and conventional medicine use among youth with recurrent headaches.

OBJECTIVE To identify prevalence and patterns of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among youth with recurrent headaches (HA) and evaluate associations with co-occurring health problems and limitations as well as with the use and expenditures for conventional medical care. METHODS Variables were constructed for youth aged 10 to 17 by using linked data from the 2007 National Heal...