Headache

Nurs Stand. 2005;19(24):45-52; quiz 54. doi: 10.7748/ns2005.02.19.24.45.c3811.

Abstract

This article examines the different types of headache that patients may experience, distinguishing between common types of headache and those that are life-threatening.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Analgesics / therapeutic use
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / complications
  • Causality
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / complications
  • Headache* / classification
  • Headache* / diagnosis
  • Headache* / etiology
  • Headache* / therapy
  • Histamine H1 Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Medical History Taking / methods
  • Meningitis / complications
  • Nurse's Role
  • Nursing Assessment / methods
  • Primary Prevention / methods
  • Serotonin Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / complications
  • Surveys and Questionnaires

Substances

  • Analgesics
  • Anticonvulsants
  • Antidepressive Agents
  • Histamine H1 Antagonists
  • Serotonin Antagonists