The book is intended for the primary care providers, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and persons in training, interested in the care of childrenwith headache disorders. It should for a foundation for further study into childhood headache and serve as a quick, up-to-date reference for the recognition, diagnosis, basic understanding, evaluation and management of headache disorders in children and adolescents. Specific points will address the diagnosis of childhood headache disordersidentifying some of the unique features of childhood headaches, understand the basic evaluation of paediatric headache - recognizing the ‘red flags’ that are worrisome and requiring further investigation,and develop a comprehensive treatment plan including acute and preventive treatmentboth pharmaceutical and biobehavioral.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-51273-9
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 234
- Fecha Publicación: 27/03/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés