Diagnosis and classification of headache.
Headache is the most common neurologic complaint. Migraine is by far the most frequent headache type seen by office-based physicians.Migraine remains under-recognized, under-diagnosed, and therefore under-treated in everyday medical practice. With time severely restricted in primary care day-to-day practice, a user friendly approach to assessment of headaches and differentiation into the broad types of "worrisome headache," migraine, tension-type, and others is necessary. A consensus-based, practical, rapid, six essential-question screening technique is outlined.
Taylor
Frederick R
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Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, 421 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA. taylof@parknicollet.com
D002908:Chronic Disease; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006261:Headache / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis; D014481:United States