Table 3 ED headache diagnoses from tertiary care hospitals from Thessaloniki (Greece), Trieste (Italy) and New York (USA)
From: Headache patients in the emergency department of a Greek tertiary care hospital
Diagnosis | ED, Papageorgiou Hospital, 2007–2008 (%) | ED, University Hospital, Trieste, 2004 [7] (%) | ED, Albert Einstein Coll. of Medicine, NY, 2005 (modified from [19]) (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Primary headache | 50.2 | 24.3 | 64 |
TTH (chronic or episodic) | 33.6 | Â | 7.1 |
Migraine | 15.4 | 16.7 | 38.7 |
Secondary headache | 22.1 | 41.3 | 25 |
Headache NOS or no diagnosis | 27.7 | 34.4 | 20 |