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Case-Based Diagnosis and Management of Headache Disorders pp 89–99Cite as

Headache in the Pediatric Patient

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Because migraine headaches can commonly start in childhood and adolescence, early recognition and establishment of a treatment plan and implementation of lifestyle changes can alter disease progression and ultimately improve the child’s quality of life. Obtaining a thorough history and comprehensive examination is often sufficient to make the diagnosis. However, instances do exist which should alert the clinician to the possibility of a secondary cause of headaches, and appropriate diagnostic testing should be ordered in such situations. Once the diagnosis has been made, an individualized therapeutic approach, taking into account the developmental stage of the child and the high rate of psychiatric and other comorbidities, can be implemented.

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  1. Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 2015, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA

    Joanne Kacperski MD, Marielle A. Kabbouche MD, Hope L. O’Brien MD & Andrew D. Hershey MD, PhD

  2. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Joanne Kacperski MD, Marielle A. Kabbouche MD, Hope L. O’Brien MD & Andrew D. Hershey MD, PhD

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  1. Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Aksel Siva

  2. Headache Medical Center Seilerstaette Linz, Hospital Sisters of Charity, Linz, Austria

    Christian Lampl

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Kacperski, J., Kabbouche, M.A., O’Brien, H.L., Hershey, A.D. (2015). Headache in the Pediatric Patient. In: Siva, A., Lampl, C. (eds) Case-Based Diagnosis and Management of Headache Disorders. Headache. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06886-2_14

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