Short-term stroke risk after emergency department treat-and-release headache visit

CONCLUSION: Approximately 1 in 700 patients discharged to home from the ED with a headache diagnosis had a stroke in the following month. Stroke risk was three to four times higher after an ED visit for headache compared to renal colic or back pain.PMID:36073865 | DOI:10.1111/head.14387

Source: Headache - September 8, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Ava L Liberman Cenai Zhang Richard B Lipton Hooman Kamel Neal S Parikh Babak B Navi Alan Z Segal Junaid Razzak David E Newman-Toker Alexander E Merkler Source Type: research