(Ebook) Common Pitfalls in the Evaluation and Management of Headache: Case-Based Learning by Elizabeth W. Loder, Rebecca C. Burch, Paul B. Rizzoli ISBN 9781107636101, 1107636108

(Ebook) Common Pitfalls in the Evaluation and Management of Headache: Case-Based Learning by Elizabeth W. Loder, Rebecca C. Burch, Paul B. Rizzoli ISBN 9781107636101, 1107636108

Although headache is one of the most common complaints that patients bring to their clinicians, few physicians feel confident about its clinical evaluation and management. Is it a problem in its own right, or the presenting symptom of a serious medical condition? Loder, Rizzoli and Burch bring a practical case-based approach to this complex ailment, highlighting specific areas of diagnostic uncertainty in headache evaluation and treatment. Each case is taken from real-world clinical practice and reviews the diagnostic and treatment process in a systematic manner, identifying common challenges and pitfalls and describing newly issued treatment guidelines. Written in a question and answer format, this concise and useful guide in the Common Pitfalls series provides a step-by-step guide for everyday clinical practice, invaluable to anyone dealing with headache on a front-line basis.