Christina L Szperka, Stephanie Witzman, Svetlana Ostapenko, John T Farrar, Jesse Yenchih Hsu, Carrie P Malavolta, Janille D Bunney, Erin M Bange, Carlyn Patterson Gentile, Gerardo Velasquez, Blanca Marquez de Prado, Mahgenn Cosico, Meyeon Lee, Pamela Pojomovsky McDonnell, Marisa S Prelack, Madeline A Chadehumbe, Donna J Stephenson, Elizabeth A Kichula, Scott C Tomaine, Andrew D Hershey
OBJECTIVE: To examine trends in diagnosis of headache and migraine in a large pediatric neurology cohort, and test whether an electronic health record (EHR)-integrated headache questionnaire can increase specificity of diagnosis and likelihood of prescribing migraine treatment. BACKGROUND: Under-diagnosis of migraine contributes to the burden of disease. As we founded our Pediatric Headache Program in 2013, we recognized that the proportion of patients with headache who were given a diagnosis of migraine was much lower than expected...
November 17, 2023: Headache