Migraine Presentation and Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine
Migraine is a chronic, genetically-linked neurological headache disorder characterized by a defined symptom complex, understood within emergency medicine primarily through its clinical presentation and the diagnostic reasoning used to distinguish it from more serious neurologic pathology. The core theoretical framework centers on pattern recognition of associated symptoms (aura, photophobia, phonophobia, nausea/vomiting, and occasionally neurologic deficits) and identification of "red flag" features that warrant further neuroimaging to rule out alternative, more dangerous diagnoses.
Migraine Presentation and Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine
Migraine is a chronic, genetically-linked neurological headache disorder characterized by a defined symptom complex, understood within emergency medicine primarily through its clinical presentation a…