Family Perspectives on Visiting the Pediatric Emergency Department for Migraine: A Qualitative Study

Conclusions Given that a high frequency of families endorsed that they were worried about the headache when presenting to the ED, clinicians should strive to make a diagnosis of migraine in the ED setting and to educate families about this diagnosis. Because of divergent parent and patient perspectives, health care providers should inquire about family expectations, especially in relation to expectations for investigations and concerns surrounding intravenous interventions, and ensure that both the patient's and parent's perspectives are considered when developing a management plan for pediatric migraine.
Source: Pediatric Emergency Care - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research