TY - JOUR
T1 - When to worry about headache
T2 - Head pain as a clue to intracranial disease
AU - Perkins, A. T.
AU - Ondo, W.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Careful evaluation of headache is important to detect potentially morbid but treatable causes. Although such causes represent only 10% of all emergency department visits for headache, the consequences of a missed diagnosis can be severe. Unfortunately, the cost of performing computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging for every patient with headache is prohibitive. However, familiarity with the differential diagnostic considerations, together with a high index of suspicion, should allow physicians to perform efficient, cost-effective examinations of all patients who seek treatment for headache.
AB - Careful evaluation of headache is important to detect potentially morbid but treatable causes. Although such causes represent only 10% of all emergency department visits for headache, the consequences of a missed diagnosis can be severe. Unfortunately, the cost of performing computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging for every patient with headache is prohibitive. However, familiarity with the differential diagnostic considerations, together with a high index of suspicion, should allow physicians to perform efficient, cost-effective examinations of all patients who seek treatment for headache.
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U2 - 10.1080/00325481.1995.11946038
DO - 10.1080/00325481.1995.11946038
M3 - Review article
C2 - 7630847
AN - SCOPUS:0029116323
SN - 0032-5481
VL - 98
SP - 197-201+204-206+208
JO - Postgraduate medicine
JF - Postgraduate medicine
IS - 2
ER -