Acute Headache Presentations to the Emergency Department: A Statewide Cross‐sectional Study

• Published in: Academic emergency medicine Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 53 - 62
• Main Authors: Chu, Kevin H., Howell, Tegwen E., Keijzers, Gerben, Furyk, Jeremy S., Eley, Robert M., Kinnear, Frances B., Thom, Ogilvie, Mahmoud, Ibrahim, Brown, Anthony F. T., Olson, James E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cross-Sectional Studies; Demographics; Diagnostic tests; Emergency medical care; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Headache - diagnosis; Headache - epidemiology; Headache - etiology; Headaches; Hemorrhage; Hospitalization; Humans; Male; Medical diagnosis; Middle Aged; Migraine Disorders - complications; Migraine Disorders - diagnosis; Migraine Disorders - epidemiology; Prospective Studies; Queensland - epidemiology; Spinal Puncture; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - complications; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - diagnosis; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - epidemiology; Tomography; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - utilization; Queensland Australia

Objectives The objective of this study was to describe demographic and clinical characteristics including features that were consistent with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), use of diagnostic tests, emergency department (ED) discharge diagnoses, and disposition of adult patients presenting with an acu...