The use of instrumental examinations in headache patients varies widely. In order to evaluate their usefulness, the most common instrumental procedures were evaluated, on the basis of evidence from the literature, by an EFNS Task Force (TF) on neurophysiological tests and imaging procedures in non-acute headache patients. The conclusions of the TF regarding each technique are expressed in the f...

classification system for headache by the International Headache Society should be considered relevant to the practice of psychiatrists and other mental health specialists (Headache Classification Subcommittee of the International Headache Society, 2004). Migraine is a chronic paroxysmal disorder characterised by stereotypical attacks of headache, focal neurological symptoms or a combination of...

et al. Aspirin is efficacious for the treatment of acute migraine. Q Is a single dose of aspirin, 1000 mg, effective for treatment of acute migraine with moderate to severe pain intensity? METHODS Design: Randomised, placebo controlled trial. Blinding: blinded (patients). Follow up period: several time points up to 24 hours. Patients: 485 patients who were 18–50 years of age (mean age 37 y, 79%...

Neuhauser et al. 1 prospectively evaluated 200 patients from a dizziness clinic and 200 ones from a migraine clinic. Prevalence of migraine according to International Headache Society (IHS) II criteria was 38% in the dizziness clinic and 24% in sex and age matched controls (p < 0.01). Migrainous vertigo was present in 7% of patients of the dizziness clinic and in 9% of the ones in the migraine ...

objective headaches are common during childhood. in addition, sleep disorders are common problems in children, too. although it is commonly thought that headache and sleep problems are related, there is not enough evidence to confirm this relationship. finding evident relations between these problems would help practitioners a lot to make earlier diagnosis and plan treatment modalities for both...

Objetivo: determinar las características epidemiológicas y clínicas de pacientes embarazadas en postparto con cefalea atendidas una institución alta complejidad. Métodos: estudio descriptivo retrospectivo que incluyó gestantes mujeres presentaron durante 2014-2016 por el servicio neurología un centro referencia. La información variables se obtuvo a partir la revisión historias clínicas; clasifi...

The International Classification of Headache Disorders, second edition (ICHD-II) was the result of 4 years' work by a large number of headache experts from different parts of the world. This article summarizes the main new features of ICHD-II, compared with the original International Headache Society classification: better definition of migraine with aura, inclusion of chronic migraine, inclusi...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of temporomandibular disorders (TMD), and assess psycho-social distress in adult subjects with repaired complete cleft lip and palate (CLP). Sixty-three adults (42 males and 21 females, mean age 24.2 years, range 19.5-29.2) with repaired CLP (CLP group) were compared with a group of 66 adults without cleft (non-cleft group, 49 males an...