Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports – November 1, 2003

November 1, 2003

• Pediatric Migraine: Recognizing and Managing Big Headaches in Small Patients

  Children often present to the emergency department complaining of headaches. While most headaches in children are not signs of serious, underlying disorders, some headaches may be the first presentation of a migraine headache. Migraine is the most common cause of recurrent, intermittent headaches in children. However, migraine headaches often are underdiagnosed and undertreated in children.

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• Trauma Reports Supplement - ED Thoracotomy Revisited: A Complete Reassessment of its Past, Present, and Future

  The ED physician and trauma surgeon must have evidence-based information on indications for emergency department thoracotomy that can be determined rapidly, easily accessible equipment, and the ability to recognize situations in which EDT clearly is not in the patients best interest.

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