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Halil Okay Albayrak1, Hande Gurbuz2, Sehnaz Basaran3
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, 41380, Turkey.
Abstract:
Aim: To investigate the role of inflammatory markers in patients with an acute headache attack. Materials & methods: This prospective controlled observational study comprised 150 subjects (migraine with aura [MA] n = 51, migraine without aura [MO] n = 51, tension-type headache n = 48, healthy controls n = 80). White blood cells (WBCs), neutrophil, lymphocyte and platelet counts, mean platelet volume, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio were documented. Results: MA and MO constituted 14.2% of the admissions to the emergency department due to headaches. In addition, MA and MO had higher WBC and MO showed higher neutrophil count during the attacks than healthy control (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Although inflammatory parameters, including WBC and neutrophil counts, were high in headache patients, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio did not show a significant rise. Clinical trial registration: NCT04891848.
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