Short-term stroke risk after emergency department treat-and-release headache visit.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate whether patients discharged to home after an emergency department (ED) visit for headache face a heightened short-term risk of stroke.

Background

Stroke hospitalizations that occur soon after ED visits for headache complaints may reflect diagnostic error.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study using statewide administrative claims data for all ED visits and admissions at nonfederal hospitals in Florida 2005-2018 and New York 2005-2016. Using standard International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes, we identified adult patients discharged to home from the ED (treat-and-release visit) with a benign headache diagnosis (cohort of interest) as well as those with a diagnosis of renal colic or back pain (negative controls). The primary s

SUBMITTER: Liberman AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10041409 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature