Benjamin W Friedman MD

PubMed

• Longitudinal Analysis of Sexually Transmitted Infection and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention Outcomes Among Emergency Department Patients Seeking Sexual Health-...
  Elí A Andrade, Viraj V Patel, Peter Yangga, Yuting Deng, Chenshu Zhang
  Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2026-07-01
• Impact of IV metoclopramide + diphenhydramine on post-concussion symptoms. A secondary analysis of data from an ED-based randomized study.
  Victoria Cao, Elimelech Strassman, Andrew Chertoff, Alexis Cortijo-Brown, Michael McGregor
  Headache. 2026-06-08
• IV dexamethasone as adjuvant therapy to metoclopramide for acute posttraumatic headache in the ED: A randomized controlled trial.
  Kareem Joudi, Abigael Nsenga, Andrew R Williams, Sharon I Lee, Sadie Johnson
  Headache. 2026-05-01

Journal Articles

• A Randomized, Sham‐Controlled Trial of Bilateral Greater Occipital Nerve Blocks with Bupivacaine for Acute Migraine Patients Refractory to Standard Emergency Departmen...  
  Sajid Mohamed, Scott Pearlman, Benjamin W Friedman, Valerie Tarsia, Matthew S Robbins, Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
• Current management of migraine in US Emergency Departments An analysis of NHAMCS  
  Friedman BW, West J, Vinson DR, Minen MT, Restivo A, Gallagher EJ, Cephalalgia, 1/19/2014
• A Randomized, Double-Blind, Clinical Trial Comparing the Relative Efficacy of Intravenous Valproate Vs Metoclopramide Vs Ketorolac for Acute Migraine Monotherapy  
  Friedman BW, Garber L, Yoon A, Solorzano C, Wollowitz A, Esses D, Bijur PE, Gallagher EJ, Neurology, 1/18/2014

Books/Book Chapters

• Headache and Migraine Biology and Management 
  Chapter: Presentation of Headache in the Emergency Department and Its Triage. 
  Friedman BWEditors: Diamond S.Elsevier2015
• Headache 
  Chapter: Approach to the Patient with Headache. 
  Grosberg B, Friedman BW, Solomon SEditors: Grosberg B, Robbins M, Lipton RB.Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford2013
• Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice 
  Chapter: Headache. 
  Kwiatkowski T and Friedman BWEditors: Marx JA.Mosby/Elsevier, Philadelphia2013

Abstracts/Posters

• As systematic review of the frequency of abnormal CT findings in emergency department patients with headache.
  Williams AR, Friedman BW, American College of Emergency Physicians, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2014
• Elevated Blood Pressure and Headache In US EDs: A NHAMCS Analysis.
  West J, Friedman BW, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Dallas, TX, 1/1/2014
• A Somatization Scale Does Not Predict Poor One Week Outcomes After An ED Visit For Low Back Pain.
  Friedman BW and Davitt M, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Dallas, TX, 1/1/2014

Lectures

• "Headache in the ED. A review of the evidence" 
  Jacksonville, FL - 1/1/2014
• "Anti-emetics for acute migraine" 
  Santiago de Cuba, Cuba - 1/1/2013
• "Epidemiology of Headache in the Emergency Department" 
  Scottsdale, AZ - 1/1/2010

Other

• "Acute Migraine Treatment in Emergency Settings" 
  Sumamo Schellenberg E, Dryden DM, Pasichnyk D, Ha C, Vandermeer B, Friedman BW, Colman I, Rowe BH, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US), (Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, No. 84.)
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK115368/
  Rockville, MD - 1/1/2012