Demand Valve Oxygen: A Promising New Oxygen Delivery System for the Acute Treatment of Cluster Headache

• Published in: Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 455 - 459
• Main Authors: Rozen, Todd D., Fishman, Royce S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.04.2013
• Subjects: Autonomic Nervous System Diseases - complications; Cluster Headache; Cluster Headache - therapy; Continuous Flow Oxygen; Cross-Over Studies; Demand Valve Oxygen; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Double-Blind Method; Endpoint Determination; Headaches; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Migraine; Oxygen; Oxygen - administration & dosage; Oxygen Delivery Systems; Oxygen Inhalation Therapy - instrumentation; Pain; Pilot Projects; Studies; Treatment Outcome; Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias

Objective. To show that demand valve oxygen is an effective acute treatment for cluster headache and to compare this oxygen delivery technique with standard cluster headache therapy of continuous flow oxygen. Methods. Single‐center, open‐label, two‐period, two‐treatment crossover design, pilot study...