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The formal definition of status migraine is persistence of symptoms for >72 hours. This definition is clinically impractical and any persistent, protracted, and debilitating migraine attack that has been unresponsive or intractable to out-patient measures (ie oral, intranasal, sublingual, or subcutaneous measures) and requires urgent medical intervention with parenteral agents ought to be considered status migraine. These patients often present to EDs or urgent care clinics for care and a systematic approach with a series of option must be available.
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Lewis, D.W. (2010). Status migraine: The emergency department management of status migraine. In: Clinician’s Manual on Treatment of Pediatric Migraine. Springer Healthcare, Tarporley. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-908517-20-3_4
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