Intracranial pressure directly predicts headache morbidity in idiopathic intracranial hypertension

• Published in: Journal of headache and pain Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 118 - 9
• Main Authors: Mollan, S. P., Wakerley, B. R., Alimajstorovic, Z., Mitchell, J., Ottridge, R., Yiangou, A., Thaller, M., Gupta, A., Grech, O., Lavery, G., Brock, K., Sinclair, A. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Milan Springer Milan 01.12.2021; Springer Nature B.V; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Allodynia; Body mass index; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Female; Headache; Headache - complications; Headache - epidemiology; Headaches; Humans; Hypertension; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Internal Medicine; Intracranial Pressure; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Migraine; Morbidity; Neurology; Optic nerve; Pain Medicine; Pain perception; Phenotypes; Pseudotumor Cerebri - complications; Pseudotumor Cerebri - epidemiology; Quality of Life; Research Article; Swelling; Allodynia; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Intracranial pressure; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Migraine

Objective Headache is the predominant disabler in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). The aim was to characterise headache and investigate the association with intracranial pressure. Methods IIH:WT was a randomised controlled parallel group multicentre trial in the United Kingdom investigati...