 Admission Criteria
Below are the principles and criteria
for admission to the Headache Treatment Unit:
- Pain which
has been unresponsive to aggressive outpatient treatment and/or is of such severity
as to require urgent intervention, which usually includes intravenous therapy and
other acute interventions to break the headache cycle
- Pain associated
with severe, persistent nausea and vomiting or complicating features which require
frequent parenteral medication, given by injection for pain control and/or rehydration
- Dependence on
and/or excessive use of medication to the extent that drug-induced headache or other
physiological consequences are present or likely to occur from withdrawal and cannot
be efficiently or safely treated on an outpatient basis
- Severe pain
associated with the likelihood of organic disease of the nervous system, such as
infection, vascular illness, etc.
- Acute pain in
the presence of significant other medical disease or emotional illness which complicate
or preclude treatment on an outpatient basis
- Other patient-specific needs mandating hospital level care
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