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Choosing Wisely is a health campaign which seeks to share health information with patients and health care providers.

This project shares information from the American Headache Society on Wikipedia.

Articles of interest

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Articles relating to American Headache Society content
article traffic pageview count* example month sources cited change summary
American Headache Society chart 196 January 2013
Neuroimaging chart 17333 January 2013 1 "Neuroimaging is not indicated for patients with stable headaches which are diagnosed as migraine"
Functional neuroimaging chart 2645 January 2013
Headache chart 88832 January 2013 1 "When a patient's history and examination confirm a diagnosis of migraine then neuroimaging is not indicated..."
Migraine chart 157966 January 2013 1 "Patients with stable headaches which meet diagnostic criteria for migraine should not receive neuroimaging to screen for other intracranial disease."
Intracranial disease chart no Wikipedia article January 2013
Papilledema chart 28269 January 2013
X-ray computed tomography chart 116006 January 2013 2 "Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head provides superior information as compared to CT scans when seeking information about headache..."
Magnetic resonance imaging chart 207486 January 2013
Neoplasm chart 51131 January 2013
Vascular disease chart 5572 January 2013
Posterior cranial fossa chart 7648 January 2013
Cervicomedullary lesions chart no Wikipedia article January 2013
Computed tomography of the head chart 2007 January 2013 2 "Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head provides superior information as compared to CT scans when seeking information about headache..."
Intracranial pressure chart 48791 January 2013
Migraine surgery chart 2136 January 2013 3 Migraine surgery involving deactivation of migraine trigger points is not indicated outside of experimental clinical trials..."
Trigger point chart 31086 January 2013
Migraine treatment chart 1997 January 2013
Opioid chart 69162 January 2013 4 Opioids are contraindicated as a first-line treatment for headache...
Butalbital chart 25647 January 2013 4 Butalbital is contraindicated as a first-line treatment for headache...
Medication overuse headache chart 3727 January 2013 5 Regular use of over-the-counter drugs such as acetaminophen and NSAIDs can also be a cause of MOH.
Acetaminophen chart 16993 January 2013
Paracetamol chart 248133 January 2013
Tylenol chart 81932 January 2013
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug chart 99735 January 2013
  • *An arbitrary month has been chosen to present a count of pageviews. This month is neither the busiest nor slowest month, and this number seems typical for most articles in most months. Through the link anyone may check traffic in other months.

Recent changes

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References

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American Headache Society (September 2013), "Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question", Choosing Wisely: an initiative of the ABIM Foundation, American Headache Society, retrieved 10 December 2013, which cites

    • Bigal, M. E.; Lipton, R. B. (2009). "Excessive opioid use and the development of chronic migraine". Pain. 142 (3): 179–182. doi:10.1016/j.pain.2009.01.013. PMID 19232469.
    • Bigal, M. E.; Serrano, D.; Buse, D.; Scher, A.; Stewart, W. F.; Lipton, R. B. (2008). "Acute Migraine Medications and Evolution from Episodic to Chronic Migraine: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study". Headache: the Journal of Head and Face Pain. 48 (8): 1157–1168. doi:10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01217.x. PMID 18808500.
    • Scher, A. I.; Stewart, W. F.; Ricci, J. A.; Lipton, R. B. (2003). "Factors associated with the onset and remission of chronic daily headache in a population-based study". Pain. 106 (1–2): 81–89. doi:10.1016/S0304-3959(03)00293-8. PMID 14581114.
    • Katsarava, Z.; Schneeweiss, S.; Kurth, T.; Kroener, U.; Fritsche, G.; Eikermann, A.; Diener, H. C.; Limmroth, V. (2004). "Incidence and predictors for chronicity of headache in patients with episodic migraine". Neurology. 62 (5): 788–790. doi:10.1212/01.WNL.0000113747.18760.D2. PMID 15007133.
    • Bigal, M. E.; Serrano, D.; Buse, D.; Scher, A.; Stewart, W. F.; Lipton, R. B. (2008). "Acute Migraine Medications and Evolution from Episodic to Chronic Migraine: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study". Headache: the Journal of Head and Face Pain. 48 (8): 1157–1168. doi:10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01217.x. PMID 18808500.
    • Bigal, M. E.; Lipton, R. B. (2008). "Excessive acute migraine medication use and migraine progression". Neurology. 71 (22): 1821–1828. doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000335946.53860.1d. PMID 19029522.
    • Zwart, J. A.; Dyb, G.; Hagen, K.; Svebak, S.; Holmen, J. (2003). "Analgesic use: A predictor of chronic pain and medication overuse headache: The Head-HUNT Study". Neurology. 61 (2): 160–164. doi:10.1212/01.WNL.0000069924.69078.8D. PMID 12874392.
    • Silberstein, S. D. (2000). "Practice parameter: Evidence-based guidelines for migraine headache (an evidence-based review): Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology". Neurology. 55 (6): 754–762. doi:10.1212/WNL.55.6.754. PMID 10993991.
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