Table 5 Discharge from the emergency department
From: Rapid referral for headache management from emergency department to headache centre: four years data
Headache at discharge | |
no | 153 (62.7) |
yes | 91 (37.3) |
Drugs prescription | |
none | 107 (43.9) |
NSAIDs | 81 (33.2) |
paracetamol | 27 (11.1) |
weak opioids | 19 (7.8) |
prevention | 14 (5.8) |
corticosteroids | 5 (2.0) |
triptans | 4 (1.6) |
anxiolitics | 2 (0.8) |
antiemetics | 1 (0.4) |
antibiotics | 1 (0.4) |
Classes of drugs (at discharge) | |
one | 109 (44.7) |
two | 25 (10.2) |
three | 3 (1.2) |
Post-discharge investigations | |
brain MRI + angio-MRI | 12 (4.8) |
EEG | 2 (0.8) |
psychiatric visit | 2 (0.8) |
Holter blood pressure | 2 (0.8) |