Affiliation:
1. Clinic of Emergency Medicine, Balıkesir State Hospital
2. Clinic of Emergency Medicine, Göztepe Prof. Dr. Süleyman Yalçın City Hospital
3. Clinic of Emergency Medicine, Sultan 2. Abdülhamid Han Educational and Research Hospital
Abstract
Objective: Secondary type headache is observed at a rate of 4-5% in the emergency department. In this prospecitve study, it was aimed to evaluate the results of patients with secondary headache, such as consultation, hospitalization, and discharge decision in correlation with radiological imaging findings.
Material and Methods: This is a single-center, prospective and methodological study. According to International Headache Society criteria, sociodemographic characteristics, emergency department examination findings of a total of 200 patients with secondary headache were recorded.
Results: Fifty percent of the patients had throbbing pain, 29.5% had constrictive pain, and the rate of pathological findings on CT was significantly higher in patients with squeezing pain (p=0.019). The hospitalization rate was significantly higher in the patients for whom consultation was requested, and 69.0% of the patients who were admitted to the hospital had constrictive pain (p
Publisher
Kirikkale Universitesi Tıp Fakultesi Dergisi
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