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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Neurol. 2018 Aug 4;89:19–25. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2018.07.015

TABLE 3.

Pharmacologic Treatment for Headache in PED

Medication Spearman's Coefficient 95% CI P value 2007 (%) 2014 (%)
Pharmacologic therapy 0.68 −0.05, 0.94 0.06 76 84
Oral treatment 0.26 −0.55, 0.82 0.53 8 16
Any IV treatment 0.30 −0.51, 0.83 0.46 68 68
Acetaminophen 0.17 −0.61, 0.78 0.68 6 10
Dexamethasone 0.17 −0.61, 0.78 0.69 0 0
Diphenhydramine 0.85 0.36, 0.97 0.007 4 50
Ibuprofen 0.29 −0.52, 0.83 0.49 4 10
IVF 0.54 −0.27, 0.90 0.17 62 66
Ketorolac 0.05 −0.68, 0.72 0.91 62 58
Metoclopramide 0.59 −0.2, 0.91 0.12 48 58
Naproxen 0.11 −0.64, 0.76 0.80 2 4
Ondansetron 0.33 −0.49, 0.84 0.42 4 10
Opioid −0.31 −0.83, 0.50 0.45 2 0
Prochlorperazine 0 0
Triptan 0 0
Valproic acid 0.85 0.36, 0.97 0.008 4 16
Migraine Cocktail* 0.56 −0.23, 0.91 0.15 46 56

CI, confidence interval; IV, intravenous; IVF, intravenous fluids.

*

Migraine cocktail was defined by local protocol as metoclopramide or prochlorperazine plus ketorolac and normal saline intravenous fluid bolus with or without diphenhydramine. The components of the migraine cocktail were analyzed individually and as a grouping.

Statistically significant values are bolded.