Thomas Jefferson Univ., Philadelphia, PA. A comprehensive text of current knowledge of headache disorders. Full-color photographs, images, and graphics. Provides clinicians with an accessible reference to this diverse and complex subject.
The frequent headache syndromes are among the most challenging disorders that confront clinicians on a routine basis. The purpose of Chronic Daily Headache for Clinicians is to provide a practical guide for clinicians to both understand and manage patients with frequent headache. The foremost clinicians in each area will review in a very focused way the diagnostic and management issues for the most important and challenging disorders that present with frequent headache. Specific types of headaches examined include Chronic Migraine, Tension-Type, Chronic Cluster, Hypnic, Low-CSF Volume, and those headaches associated with Head Trauma, among others. Chronic Daily Headache for Clinicians will bring clinical clarity to these disorders in order to be appropriately studied in terms of their primary headache biology.