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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients treated in the emergency department

From: Rapid referral for headache management from emergency department to headache centre: four years data

Demographics

 age (years) (SD)

40.7 (16.3)

 sex (female)

192 (78.7)

Medical history

 negative

157 (64.3)

 hypertension

27 (11.1)

 psychiatric disorders

21 (8.6)

 thyroid disorders

17 (7.0)

 hematologic disorders

10 (4.1)

 dyslipidemia

9 (3.7)

 DM type 2

8 (3.3)

 cerebrovascular diseases

7 (2.9)

 COPD/asthma

4 (1.6)

 ischemic heart disease

3 (1.2)

 solid tumor

3 (1.2)

Time of ED presentation

 08:00–15:59

147 (60.3)

 16:00–23:59

79 (32.4)

 00:00–07:59

18 (7.4)

Headache onset

 days bedore ED visit

1.9 (5.7)

Triage codes

 white

1 (0.4)

 green

186 (76.2)

 yellow

56 (23.0)

 red

1 (0.4)

Vital signs

 systolic BP (mmHg)

130 (16.9)

 diastolic BP (mmHg)

77 (10.6)

 heart rate (bpm)

78,910.60

 temperature (°C)

36.6

 oxygen saturation (%)

98 (1.4)

Aura

 reason to access ED

40 (16.4)

 first aura in their life

16 of 40 (40.0)

ED times in min, mean (SD)

 door-to-doctor time

139 (118.4)

 time of care

241 (269.8)

 ED length of stay

381 (307.7)

  1. DM diabetes mellitus, ED emergency department, SD standard deviation