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Pediatric Headache

  • 1st Edition - October 13, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Jack Gladstein, Christina L. Szperka, Amy A. Gelfand
  • Language: English

Covering the topic of headache in children from the viewpoint of both primary care and neurology, Pediatric Headache provides concise, authoritative guidance on all aspects of thi… Read more

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Covering the topic of headache in children from the viewpoint of both primary care and neurology, Pediatric Headache provides concise, authoritative guidance on all aspects of this multifaceted subject. Drs. Jack Gladstein, Christina Szperka, and Amy Gelfand, each an expert in pediatric headache, contribute their considerable knowledge and expertise to assist neurologists, pediatricians, and primary care providers in providing optimal care to young patients.

Key features

  • Offers concise guidance on diagnosis and treatment of pediatric headache from both a primary care and neurologist’s point of view.

  • Covers traditional treatment options such as medication, devices, and behavioral interventions as well as sleep, diet, exercise, and stress management recommendations.

  • Discusses the important issue of patient advocacy for providers and families.

  • Provides support for school-age patients with samples of school letters and other patient material resources for providers to share with families.

  • Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Readership

Neurologists, pediatricians and primary care providers

Table of contents

Preface
About the Editors
Acknowledgments

1 My headache appointment: A guide for parents, primary care and specialists

2 You’re not the only one (epidemiology)

3 Pathophysiology of migraine

4 Genetics of migraine

5 The “Episodic Syndromes”: i.e. what migraine looks like before it “looks like” migraine

5 How did it get so bad?

6 Effect of hormones

7 Chronic migraine and other types of chronic daily headache

8 Comorbidities in children and adolescents

9 NDPH: What a primary care provider/ headache specialist needs to know

10 Post-Traumatic Headaches in Youth

11 POTS and dysautonomia

12 Meds

12 How can I get better?

13 Acute Behavioral Headache Management

14 What should I expect when home therapy does not work

15 Preventive treatments: Oral

16 Preventive Injections

17 Behavioral interventions to improve frequency

18 Devices

19 CGRP

20 Non-medication treatments including acupuncture

20 Behavioral interventions to improve frequency

20 Non-medication preventive intervention, including preventive supplements

20 Things I can do for myself/my child

21 Sleep and Headache in Children and Adolescents

22 Meals/Food/Diet/Caffeine/Hydration

23 Managing Migraines at School including Migraine Action Plan and 504 Plan

23 Activity/Exercise including Yoga

23 Stress management

24 How you can get more involved

24 Managing Migraine at School

25 How you can get more involved: a guide for families and clinicians

26 Spanish Translation of some of these school

26 Growing up: Transitioning to adult care

27 How to set up a headache clinic

28 Where can I learn more? A listing of resources

29 School-age support

30 Lifestyle/enviromental suggestions

34 Advocacy

Review quotes

"This book is very useful as the pediatric population is an undeserved group in headache medicine. The book does a great job of providing information and data on managing headaches in children."

©Doody’s Review Service, 2022, Fred Cohen, MD (Thomas Jefferson University)

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 14, 2021
  • Language: English

About the authors

JG

Jack Gladstein

Jack Gladstein is Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine. Jack graduated Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1983. He completed his Pediatric Residency and Chief residency at Einstein in 1987. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at the University of Maryland Hospital in 1989. He has remained on faculty at the University ever since. He established the Pediatric Headache Clinic in 1989, which at that time was the second pediatric headache clinic in the US. Along with his busy pediatric headache practice, he is director of Inpatient Pediatrics at Maryland and served as Associate Dean for Student Affairs for many years. He was just appointed as Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs. He is a proud son, husband, father, and grandfather.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

CS

Christina L. Szperka

Christina Szperka, MD, MSCE, has been interested in the treatment of chronic pain since she was an undergraduate at Amherst College, Amherst, MA, and focused on pediatric pain while pursuing her medical degree at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Szperka completed residencies in pediatrics and child neurology at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, and a fellowship in headache medicine at The Jefferson Headache Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She is board certified in Headache Medicine. She divides her time between patient care and projects aimed at improving the treatment of children with headaches. In 2013, she was named director of the newly formed Pediatric Headache Program. She has received grants to improve clinical care of and treatment options for headache.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor of Neurology & Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and Director, Pediatric Headache Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States

AG

Amy A. Gelfand

Dr. Amy Gelfand is an Associate Professor of Neurology & Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. She directs the Child & Adolescent Headache Program at the UCSF Benioff Childrens’ Hospitals. Her research interests include examining the role of melatonin in the treatment of pediatric migraine, and the relationship between childhood periodic syndromes (such as infant colic, cyclic vomiting syndrome, benign paroxysmal torticollis, etc.,) and migraine in children and adolescents.
Affiliations and expertise
Director of Pediatric Headache, Associate Professor of Neurology & Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, UCSF Ron Conway Family, San Francisco, CA, United States

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