Chronic Daily Headaches

Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST, Ayers Neuroscience Institute, ZOOM

This education event will focus on discussing the key elements in the evaluation of a patient who presents the complaint of headache including when to consider work up for a secondary etiology for headache. We will discuss the risk factors leading to the transformation of headache from episodic to chronic (from <15 headache days per month to more than 15 headache days per month). Some of these patients can get significant relief with early management which will be discuss in this educational event. References: 1. International Classification of Headache Disorders-3 2. Silberstein SD, Diamond S, Loder E, et al. Prevalence of migraine sufferers who are candidates for preventive therapy: results from the American migraine study (AMPP) study. Headache 2005; 45: 770– 77 3. Lipton RB, Diamond M, Freitag F, et al. Migraine prevention patterns in a community sample: results from the American migraine prevalence and prevention (AMPP) study 4. AHS Position statement on Integrating New Migraine Treatments Into Clinical practice: Headache 2019;59:1-18 5. Burstein R, Cutrer MF, Yarnitsky D. The development of cutaneous allodynia during a migraine attack: clinical evidence for the sequential recruitment of spinal and supraspinal nociceptive neurons in migraine. Brain. 2000;123 (Pt 8):1703-1709. 6. OnabotulinumtoxinA for chronic migraine: a critical appraisal. Rubesh GooriahFayyaz Ahmed, Department of Neurology, Hull Royal , nfirmary, Kingston Upon Hull, UK

1. Evauate a patient with chronic daily headache
2. Identify the 'red flag' and when to consider secondary headache
3. Provide early management of a patient with headache

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (credits designated as AMA PRA Category 1) (1.00 hours)

Hartford HealthCare designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

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