Management of cluster headache in the Emergency Department.
Although cluster headache (CH) is considered one of the most distinctive and painful primary headache disorders in clinical practice because of the brevity of each attack, its management is not always ergonomic or possible in the Emergency Department. In case of a previously competent diagnosis, the Emergency Department's team should send the patient to a headache centre where specialists in the management of CH can handle the pathology in the best way. In our headache centre we treat patients with CH attacks with a hyperbaric chamber, confirming the effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen in CH patients.
Di Sabato
Francesco
F
Department of Clinical Medicine, Headache Center, University La Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto I, I-00161, Rome, Italy. francesco.disabato@uniroma1.it
Giacovazzo
Mario
M
D003027:Cluster Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents