Adults seeking treatment at hospitals' Emergency Departments (EDs) because of headache
represent a major health-care issue. To date, there are no special guidelines for …

Introduction It is known that symptoms are predictive of mortality in “nonsurgical” emergency
patients. It is unknown whether a prospective, systematic, and “unscreened” assessment of …

Background Nontraumatic headache is a frequent complaint in the emergency department
(ED). Cranial computed tomography (CT) is a widely available test for the diagnostic work …

Introduction: Many patients present to the Emergency Department (ED) complaining of
headache and a significant proportion of these visits would result in hospital admissions …

Background In the emergency setting, non-traumatic headache is a benign symptom in 80%
of cases, but serious underlying conditions need to be ruled out. Copeptin improves risk …

The aim of this study was to measure prevalence, to describe underlying etiologies, and to
assess radiological findings, focusing on significant intracranial abnormality (sICA). This was …

Purpose. The objectives of this study were to investigate the predictive factors and develop a
clinical prediction score to identify serious intracranial causes in acute nontraumatic …

Headache is a common complaint. This disorder affects 46% of the world's adult population.
1 The importance of treating traumatic headaches is widely known. 2, 3 It is debated whether …

Headache is one of the most common causes of access to Emergency Departments (ED).
Primary headaches and headaches secondary to benign conditions (eg headache attributed …

Einleitung: Kopfschmerz ist ein häufiges Leitsymptom in der Notaufnahme. Das zeitnahe
Herausfiltern der Patient* innen mit gefährlichen zugrundeliegenden Ursachen stellt oft eine …