Cluster headache and oxygen: is it possible to predict which patients will be relieved? A prospective cross-sectional correlation study.

Response to 100 % oxygen as acute treatment for cluster headache is relative low considering certain subgroups or predictors. The primary purpose of the present study was to find prospectively which factors differ between responders and non-responders to oxygen therapy. The second goal was to find whether any of these differences would clarify the mechanism of pain reduction by oxygen and cluster headache pathophysiology.

[Streptococcus suis meningitis in a meat factory employee].

Background: In the Netherlands, Streptococcus suis is a rare cause of meningitis. Over the past few years, the number of reported cases worldwide has increased. The bacterium is mainly isolated in pigs, but humans can also become infected.

Migraine with aura triggered by cardiac myxoma: case report and literature review.

We present a new case of cardiac myxoma triggering migraine auras. A 52-year-old woman was suffering from migraine attacks with aura. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed no abnormalities.

Cluster headache and oxygen: is it possible to predict which patients will be relieved? A retrospective cross-sectional correlation study.

Most cluster headache patients respond to oxygen therapy, but approximately 20% do not. The aim of the present study was to assess which factors differ between cluster headache patients who respond to oxygen therapy and those who do not. We included patients from the headache clinic of Atrium Medical Centre Heerlen (n = 53) and patients who responded to a cluster headache web-site (n = 62).