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The Emergency Headache Center at the Lariboisière Hospital: 7 years with more than 70,000 patients

Internal and Emergency Medicine volume 3, pages 3–7 (2008)Cite this article

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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.

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Valade, D. The Emergency Headache Center at the Lariboisière Hospital: 7 years with more than 70,000 patients. Intern Emerg Med 3, 3–7 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-008-0191-6

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Keywords

  • Emergency Headache Center
  • Primary headache
  • Secondary headache