[...]... MD, FRCP(C) Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA weinb@mayo.edu Dileep R Yavagal, MD Interventional Neurology, Endovascular Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA Dyavagal@med.miami.edu Contributors 1 Headache in the Emergency Department... Scottsdale, AZ, USA Sirven.Joseph@mayo.edu A Gordon Smith, MD, FAAN Neurology Department, Peripheral Neuropathy Clinic, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA gordon.smith@hsc.utah.edu Jerry W Swanson, MD Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA swanson.jerry@mayo.edu Laura M Tormoehlen, MD Neurology and Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis,... rsacco@med.miami.edu William F Schmalstieg, MD Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA schmalstieg.william@mayo.edu Luis A Serrano, MD, MS Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA serrano.luis@mayo.edu Ty Tiesong Shang, MD, PhD Neurology Department, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA TShang@med.miami.edu Joseph I Sirven, MD Neurology, Division of Epilepsy, Mayo Clinic,... Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA rpascuzz@iupui.edu Pratik Vishnu Patel, MD Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA patel.v.pratik@gmail.com Sandipan Pati, MD Neurology Department, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA sandipan.pati@chw.edu Carrie E Robertson, MD Department of Neurology, College... Contributors xi Robert L Rodnitzky, MD Neurology Department, Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA robert-rodnitzky@uiowa.edu Jose G Romano, MD Cerebrovascular Division, Neurology Department, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA jromano@med.miami.edu Karen L Roos, MD The John and Nancy Nelson Professor of Neurology and Professor of Neurological... Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA kroos@iupui.edu Janet C Rucker, MD Neurology and Ophthalmology, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA janet.rucker@mssm.edu Ralph L Sacco, MD, MS Department of Neurology, Evelyn McKnight Brain Institute, Miami, FL, USA Neurology, Epidemiology & Public Health, Human Genetics, and Neurosurgery, Miller School of Medicine, Jackson... focus on prolonged and intractable migraine headaches Keywords Emergency department • Emergency room • Headache • Migraine • Migraine management • Pregnancy headache • Primary headache • Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction • Secondary headache • Status migrainosus • Subarachnoid hemorrhage • Thunderclap headache C.E Robertson, MD Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN,... most are of benign origin Headaches can be classified within two major categories as outlined by the International Headache Society Headache K.L Roos (ed.), Emergency Neurology, DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-88585-8_1, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 1 C.E Robertson et al 2 Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-II) [1]: (1) primary headache disorders, and (2) secondary headache disorders Primary... reason for visits to the emergency department (ED) In the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey in 2006, headache was the fourth most common reason that adults (patients 15 years and older) sought care in an emergency department It was the third most common reason among women and the seventh most common reason among men Overall, headache accounted for over 3.3 million emergency department visits...x J Claude Hemphill III, MD, MAS Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA Neurocritical Care Program, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA chemphill@sfgh.ucsf.edu Robert E Hoesch, MD, Ph.D Department of Neurology, Neurocritical Care, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA robert.hoesch@hsc.utah.edu . class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" Emergency Neurology Karen L. Roos Editor Emergency Neurology Editor Karen L. Roos, MD The John and Nancy Nelson Professor of Neurology and Professor of Neurological. Tormoehlen , MD Neurology and Emergency Medicine , Indiana University School of Medicine , Indianapolis , IN , USA laumjone@iupui.edu xii Contributors Brian G. Weinshenker , MD, FRCP(C) Neurology. Dileep R. Yavagal , MD Interventional Neurology, Endovascular Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery , Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Jackson Memorial