Airplane headache

Evidence-based neurology checklist on airplane headache: Description This is headache that usually develops during descent and landing It does not usually occur with the first experience of flying Pathogenesis Demographic risk factors Headache features Associated features Co-morbid headaches…

Description

  • This is headache that usually develops during descent and landing
  • It does not usually occur with the first experience of flying

Pathogenesis

Demographic risk factors

Headache features

Associated features

Co-morbid headaches

Prophylaxis

Acute treatment

Synonym

References

  1. Berilgen MS, Mungen B. A new type of headache, headache associated with airplane travel: preliminary diagnostic criteria and possible mechanisms of aetiopathogenesis. Cephalalgia 2011; 31:1266-1273.
  2. Mainardi F, Lisotto C, Maggioni F, Zanchin G. Headache attributed to astrolabe travel ('aeroplane headache'): clinical profile based on a large case series. Cephalalgia 2012; 32:592-599.
  3. Mainardi F, Maggioni F, Volta GD, et al. Prevalence of headache attributed to aeroplane travel in headache outpatient populations: an Italian multicentric survey. Cephalalgia 2019; 39:1219-1225.
  4. De Carlo D, Toldo I, Tamborino AM, et al. Headache attributed to aeroplane travel: the first multicentric survey in a paediatric population affected by primary headaches. J Headache Pain 2018; 19:108.
  5. Bui SBD, Gazerani P. Headache attributed to airplane travel: diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment - a systematic review. J Headache Pain 2017; 18:84.
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