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- Title
Headache: clinical governance in health care management in the Emergency Department.
- Authors
Querzani, P.; Grimaldi, D.; Cevoli, S.; Begliardi, C.; Rasi, F.; Cortelli, P.
- Abstract
Headache is a common Emergency Department (ED) problem accounting for 1.7%–4.5% of patients every year. The main aim in the ED is to differentiate between primary and secondary headache. Although secondary headache represents the lowest percentage (20%) of ED patients presenting with headache, it can be life threatening. Patients with primary headache require a follow-up programme on discharge from the ED with a specialist headache clinic taking responsibility for these patients. This procedure was applied at Ravenna Hospital ED for 2 years and recorded (unpublished data) a reduction in the number of repeat visits to the ED for headache and the number of inappropriate admissions for headache (DRG 25).
- Subjects
HEADACHE; MEDICAL care; EMERGENCY medical services; HOSPITAL emergency services; MEDICAL emergencies
- Publication
Neurological Sciences, 2006, Vol 27, ps203
- ISSN
1590-1874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10072-006-0602-2