meningitis is a notifiable disease in many countries, the exact incidence rate is unknown. In 2013 meningitis resulted in 303,000 deaths - down from 464,000 deaths in 1990. In 2010 it was estimated that meningitis resulted in 420,000 deaths, excluding cryptococcal meningitis.
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Demographic information will be collected two weeks prior to starting the study including age, sex, education, headache history, concussion history, past medical history, medication use, and family medical history. Headache history will be collected including frequency, severity, medication-use,
This will be a double-blinded, randomized-controlled trial using intranasal lidocaine to provide fast-acting pain relief in pediatric patients presenting with migraine to an urban pediatric emergency department (ED). Typically, abortive therapy for migraine in many emergency departments begins with
Nerivio Migra is intended for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in patients 18 years of age or older. It is self-applied to the upper arm. Treatments are self-administered by the user at the onset of a migraine attack. The device delivers extra cephalic transcutaneous electrical
Migraine is a common neurological disorder characterized by episodes of unilateral or bilateral headache lasting for hours to days, which may be accompanied by photophobia, phonophobia, nausea and vomiting. Pharmacological management is the first treatment option for subjects with migraine. However,
The goals of the current study will be to demonstrate time-linked headache pain after super-selectively administration of vasodilatory medications to external carotid artery branches, and then observe vessel changes and presumed headache relief with transient occlusion of the same vessel. This work
Migraine is a neurological disease characterized by attacks of pulsating headache on one side of the head, presenting autonomic nervous system disfunction. Migraine is associated to significant personal and social burden. Physical activity could worsen patient´s symptoms. Migraine is associated with
This is a prospective, open-label, observational trial to assess basic efficacy and safety in the Emergency Department treatment environment.
Emergency Department patients at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, with migraine type headache (International Headache Classification), who continue to
A dedicated team interviewed patients preoperatively and during the first five postoperative days and collected data regarding medical history, surgery, anaesthesia and the presence of postoperative headache by manual record review. The frequency of preoperative headache was assessed by asking the
BACKGROUND Migraine headaches affect more than 28 million persons in the United States (Foundation). Approximately 25% of women and 9% of men experience migraine headaches (Rasmussen BK, 1991) (Lipton RB, 1993) (Ramadan NM, 2002). Individuals with migraine headaches lose an average of 4 to 6 working
This randomized double blind placebo-controlled study will enroll approximately 80 otherwise healthy subjects with a diagnosis of migraine headache. All subjects will be medically stable at enrollment and be on a stabilized dosage of daily medications.
The study duration will be approximately four
Migraine is characterized by a unilateral pulsating moderate/severe headache which is aggravated by routine physical activity, and is accompanied by photo- and/or phonophobia, nausea and sometimes vomiting. Migraine exists in two forms, migraine without aura (MO) and migraine with aura (MA). Aura is
This is an open label, 2 visit, pilot study of 25 subjects with a diagnosis of episodic migraine with or without aura according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders (2nd Edition-2004).
Subjects will be screened at Visit 1 after being properly consented for participation in the
Migraine headache is a painful condition of recurrent moderate to severe head pain associated with nausea, vomiting, photophobia, and phonophobia. The condition is highly prevalent and a significant community health problem with considerable impact on the health care system. To alleviate the pain
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