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Headache and Migraine, Pediatric

Christopher B. Oakley, MD Reviewed 10/2018
 


BASICS

DESCRIPTION

  • Primary headache: headache without an identifiable underlying etiology; includes but not limited to migraine, tension headache, cluster headache, and other trigeminal autonomic cepha...

DIAGNOSIS

  • Migraine in children is classified into the following groups:

    • Migraine without aura:

      • “Common” migraine

      • Represents most cases

    • Migraine with aura:

      • “Classic” migraine must include aura, a reversible...

TREATMENT

MEDICATION

Practice parameters were established in 2004 for the pharmacologic treatment of migraine in children and adolescents. The guidelines addressed acute and prophylactic medical manage...

ADDITIONAL READING

  • Abu-Arafeh I, Razak S, Sivaraman B, et al. Prevalence of headache and migraine in children and adolescents: a systematic review of population-based studies. Dev Med Child Neurol. &#...

CODES

ICD9

  • 784.0 Headache

  • 346.90 Migraine, unspecified, without mention of intractable migraine without mention of status migrainosus

  • 307.81 Tension headache

  • 339.00 Cluster headache syndrome, unspecified

  • 3...

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