Abstract
Headache is pain in any region of the head [1]. It is probably the most frequent symptom in medical practice with a lifetime prevalence >90%. It constitutes a common cause of access to emergency department (ED), representing from 1.7% to 4.5% per year of all accesses [2]. Moreover, at the recent ANEU (Italian Association for Emergency Neurology) survey (NEUday 2018), headache was responsible of the 12% of the ED calls covered by neurologists.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2021 Società Italiana di Neurologia
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Cortelli, P., Favoni, V., Cevoli, S. (2021). Headache. In: Micieli, G., Cavallini, A., Ricci, S., Consoli, D., Edlow, J.A. (eds) Decision Algorithms for Emergency Neurology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51276-7_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51276-7_5
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-51275-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-51276-7
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)