From: Rapid referral for headache management from emergency department to headache centre: four years data
Investigations | |
head CT | 183 (75.0) |
ECG | 31 (12.7) |
other | 16 (6.6) |
Specialist consultations | |
neurologist | 47 (19.3) |
ophthalmologist | 7 (2.9) |
otolaryngologist | 5 (2.0) |
psychiatrist | 5 (2.0) |
cardiologist | 2 (0.8) |
neurosurgeon | 2 (0.8) |
Treatment administered | |
none | 105 (43.0) |
NSAIDs | 108 (44.3) |
weak opioids | 43 (17.6) |
antiemetics | 31 (12.7) |
PPIs | 25 (10.2) |
paracetamol | 20 (8.2) |
corticosteroids | 16 (6.6) |
anxiolitics | 12 (4.9) |
antibiotics | 2 (0.8) |
Classes of drugs (in ED) | |
one | 61 (25.0) |
two | 45 (18.4) |
three | 24 (9.8) |
four | 7 (2.9) |
five | 2 (0.8) |