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Headache in the emergency department.

L B Morgenstern1, J C Huber, H Luna-Gonzales

  • 1Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77030, USA.

Headache
|July 5, 2001
PubMed
Summary

Emergency department headaches often affect young women and may resolve with antiemetics. This study analyzed headache demographics, treatments, and outcomes in the ED.

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Area of Science:

  • Emergency Medicine
  • Neurology
  • Clinical Research

Background:

  • Acute headache presentations pose a therapeutic challenge in emergency departments.
  • Understanding patient demographics and clinical factors is crucial for effective management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conduct an observational study on the demographics, clinical factors, and therapeutic efficacy of patients presenting with headaches to the emergency department.
  • To identify effective treatments for acute headache presentations.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective ascertainment of patients with nontraumatic headache over a 16-month period.
  • Abstraction of demographic and clinical information from medical records.
  • Comparison of therapeutic efficacy using odds ratios and confidence intervals.

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Main Results:

  • 455 out of 38,730 screened patients presented with headache; 76% were women, mean age 37.
  • Migraine diagnoses were more common in Non-Hispanic whites compared to other ethnicities.
  • Antiemetics showed a trend toward superiority in headache resolution compared to other therapies.

Conclusions:

  • Headache in the emergency department predominantly affects young women and involves lengthy wait times.
  • A variety of treatments are employed, with antiemetics potentially being particularly effective for headache resolution.
  • Further research into optimal emergency department headache management is warranted.