TY - JOUR
T1 - Refractory chronic migraine
T2 - a consensus statement on clinical definition from the European Headache Federation
AU - Martelletti, Paolo
AU - Katsarava, Zaza
AU - Lampl, Christian
AU - Magis, Delphine
AU - Bendtsen, Lars
AU - Negro, Andrea
AU - Russell, Michael Bjørn
AU - Mitsikostas, Dimos-Dimitrios D
AU - Jensen, Rigmor Højland
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The debate on the clinical definition of refractory Chronic Migraine (rCM) is still far to be concluded. The importance to create a clinical framing of these rCM patients resides in the complete disability they show, in the high risk of serious adverse events from acute and preventative drugs and in the uncontrolled application of therapeutic techniques not yet validated.The European Headache Federation Expert Group on rCM presents hereby the updated definition criteria for this harmful subset of headache disorders. This attempt wants to be the first impulse towards the correct identification of these patients, the correct application of innovative therapeutic techniques and lastly aim to be acknowledged as clinical entity in the next definitive version of the International Classification of Headache Disorders 3 (ICHD-3 beta).
AB - The debate on the clinical definition of refractory Chronic Migraine (rCM) is still far to be concluded. The importance to create a clinical framing of these rCM patients resides in the complete disability they show, in the high risk of serious adverse events from acute and preventative drugs and in the uncontrolled application of therapeutic techniques not yet validated.The European Headache Federation Expert Group on rCM presents hereby the updated definition criteria for this harmful subset of headache disorders. This attempt wants to be the first impulse towards the correct identification of these patients, the correct application of innovative therapeutic techniques and lastly aim to be acknowledged as clinical entity in the next definitive version of the International Classification of Headache Disorders 3 (ICHD-3 beta).
U2 - 10.1186/1129-2377-15-47
DO - 10.1186/1129-2377-15-47
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 25169882
SN - 1129-2377
VL - 15
SP - 47
JO - The Journal of Headache and Pain Online
JF - The Journal of Headache and Pain Online
ER -