title: The Emergency Headache Center at the Lariboisière Hospital: 7 years with more than 70,000 patients.
abstract: After 7 years and 70,000 patients of whom two-thirds women and one-third men, 77% aged 20-50 years, 90% residing in Paris or the suburban areas, we report our experience at the Lariboisière hospital Emergency headache Center. About two-thirds of our patients complained of primary headache, i.e., migraine, but the number of patients with secondary headache has progressively increased to account for about 17.3% of our current recruitment. Vascular headache, particularly after meningeal bleeding has been prevalent leading to an increased number of orders for laboratory and radiological investigations as well as hospitalizations.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Headache Center, Lariboisière Hospital, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, 75010 Paris, France. dominique.valade@lrb.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Valade
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013997:Time Factors