Headaches in the accident and emergency department.
Serious illness is not uncommon in patients attending accident and emergency departments with headache. Careful clinical assessment, focusing on characteristics of the headache, associated symptoms and certain examination findings, helps to identify those at risk, and permits the efficient management of everybody else.
Craig
J J
JJ
Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.
Patterson
V H
VH
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