Cerebrovascular disease hospitalizations following emergency department headache visits: A nested case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Delayed diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease (CVD) among patients can result in substantial harm. If diagnostic process failures can be identified at emergency department (ED) visits that precede CVD hospitalization, interventions to improve diagnostic accuracy can be developed.

Methods

We conducted a nested case-control study using a cohort of adult ED patients discharged from a single medical center with a benign headache diagnosis from October 1, 2015 to March 31, 2018. Hospitalizations for CVD within 1 year of index ED visit were identified using a regional health information exchange. Patients with subsequent CVD hospitalization (cases) were individually matched to patients without subsequent hospitalization (controls) using patient age and visit date. Demogr

SUBMITTER: Liberman AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8766867 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature