Children under 6 years with acute headache in Pediatric Emergency Departments. A 2-year retrospective exploratory multicenter Italian study.
Umberto RaucciPasquale ParisiValentina FerroErika MarganiNicola VanacoreVincenzo RaieliClaudia BondoneLucia CalistriAgnese SuppiejAntonella PalmieriDuccio Maria CordelliSalvatore SavastaAmanda PapaAlberto VerrottiAlessandro OrsiniRenato D'AlonzoPiero PavoneRaffaele FalsaperlaMario VelarditaRaffaella NaccaLaura PapettiRoberta RossiDaniela GioèCristina MalaventuraFlavia DragoCristina MorrealeLucia RossiThomas FoiadelliSonia MonticoneChiara MazzocchettiAlice BonuccelliFilippo GrecoSilvia MarinoGabriele MonteAntonella VersaceStefano MasiGiovanni Di NardoAntonino RealeAlberto VillaniMassimiliano ValerianiPublished in: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache (2023)
Our study identified clinical features that should be carefully evaluated in the emergency department in order to obtain a prompt diagnosis and treatment of potentially urgent intracranial conditions. The prevalence of potentially urgent intracranial conditions was low in the emergency department, which may suggest that age under six should not be considered an important risk factor for malignant causes as previously thought.