ICNC2018 Abstracts & Symposia Proposals, ICNC 2014

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Child Headache Outpatient Clinic
Akira Nishimura

Last modified: 2014-04-03

Abstract


We have started “Child Headache Outpatient Clinic” at the Hospital of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine since April 2010. After the 2 years of opening of the clinic, new headache patient were 44. This means 0.92 new patient per one clinic, 25 new patients were referral from other hospitals. 20 (45.5%) were males and the others (54.5%) were females, mean age was 11.8 ± 3.1 ranging from 4 to 17.3 years of age. Final diagnoses based on ICHD-II were 33 migraines (75%) in which 14 with aura. In migraineurs, there were 12 with positive family history , of this 9 whose mothers have migraine. There were 8 with orthostatic dysregulation (OD), of this 7 were associated with migraine. We have 6 patients with psychosomatic headache, of this 5 were associated with migraine. Brain MRI were done for 31 patients, and we have found 4 secondary headache patients, including 3 with decrease of cerebrospinal fluid, 1 with moya moya disease. The treatment options were 29 prophylaxis using Ca blockers, anti depressants, Valproate, and Propranolol. Analgesics and triptans were adequately and successfully used.


Keywords


migraine, prophylaxis, triptan

References


A. D. Hershey, et al. Pediatric Headaches in Clinical Practice. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.

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