Evidence-Based Practice: Best Neuroimaging Practice in Non Traumatic Headaches

Endogenous and exogenous hormonal environments change in women of the reproductive age group, affecting the type, frequency, and severity of disabling migraine attacks compared with men of the same age.9 Headaches also can be caused by changes in intracranial pressure and by meningeal irritation due...

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Published in:Journal of emergency nursing 2015-05, Vol.41 (3), p.208-212
Main Authors: Ejaz, Kiran, Shuaib, Waqas, Dalmida, Safiya G., Khosa, Faisal, Khan, Muhammad Shahzeb, Hashmi, Mariyam, Ahmad, Moeed, Johnson, Jamlik-Omari
Format: Article
Language:English
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Emergency Nursing - methods
Evidence-based nursing
Evidence-Based Practice - methods
Headache - diagnostic imaging
Headaches
Humans
Medical imaging
Neuroimaging - methods
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Nursing
Tomography
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Summary:Endogenous and exogenous hormonal environments change in women of the reproductive age group, affecting the type, frequency, and severity of disabling migraine attacks compared with men of the same age.9 Headaches also can be caused by changes in intracranial pressure and by meningeal irritation due to infections.3,5 Ion imbalance and pressure effects of intracranial bleeding or a tumor mass may also play a role.5,10 These conditions can present with or without focal neurologic deficits. According to 75% of published cases regarding chronic NTH, they usually present for longer than 3 months, with varying degrees of intensity.10 Chronic headaches may impede the quality of life for the patient and should be treated adequately.
ISSN:0099-1767
1527-2966
DOI:10.1016/j.jen.2014.09.010