Table 1.
Etiology of headache in Emergency Department: comparison of the published studies.
|
Burton LJ
(11) |
Kan L
(19) |
Lewis DW
(20) |
Leon-Diaz A
(21) |
Conicella E
(14) |
Scagni P
(22) |
Lateef TM
(23) |
Hsiao HJ
(24) |
Massano D
a (11) |
Rossi R
(25) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years of publication Years of Recruitment |
1997 1993 |
2000 1996 |
2000 1996 |
2004 2002–2003 |
2008 2004 |
2008 2003–2004 |
2009 2003–2006 |
2014 2008 |
2014 2009–2012 |
2018 2011–2015 |
| Number of patients | 696 | 130 | 150 | 185 | 432 | 526 | 364 | 409 | 101 | 1,833 |
| Patients Age(years) (mean–ag.e years) |
2–18 | <18 (9.3) |
<IS (9) |
2–15 | 2–17 (8.9) |
0–16 (8.8) |
2–5 | 2.6–17.8 (9.2) | 6–18 | <18 (9.68) |
| Percentage (%) of ED visits | 1.3 | 0.7 | ne | 0.57 | 0.8 | 1.0 | ne | 0.9 | 2.63 | 0.9 |
| Primary headaches | 21.8 | 10 | 18 | 24.3 | 24.5 | 56.7 | 15.7 | 27.6 | 66.3 | 62.1 |
| Secondary benign headaches | 63.2 | 63.2 | 59.6 | 60.5 | 35.4 | 38 | 72.3 | 65.6 | 33% | 32.9 |
| Secondary life-threatening headaches Brain Tumors % |
5.6 ne |
15.3 1.5 |
14.9 2.6 |
4.3 2.5 |
4.1 0.69 |
4 0.36 |
7.9 0.2% |
6.8 0.97 |
9.9 1.9 |
1.3 0.38 |
| Unclassified | 13 | 11.5 | 7 | 10.8 | 36 | 1.3 | 5 | 5 | ne | 7.8 |
ED, Emergency Department; ne, not expressed;
a
Only patients with focal neurological signs at admission to ED.