Is headache during pregnancy a higher risk for serious secondary headache cause? A HEAD study report

the HEAD Study and HEAD Colombia Investigators; Anne Maree Kelly; Kevin H. Chu; Win Sen Kuan; Gerben Keijzers; Frances B. Kinnear; Alejandro Cardozo-Ocampo

doi:10.1111/1742-6723.14005

Is headache during pregnancy a higher risk for serious secondary headache cause? A HEAD study report

the HEAD Study and HEAD Colombia Investigators, Anne Maree Kelly^*, Kevin H. Chu, Win Sen Kuan, Gerben Keijzers, Frances B. Kinnear, Alejandro Cardozo-Ocampo

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Abstract

Objectives:

Pregnancy is defined as a ‘red flag’ in headache assessment. We aimed to describe the prevalence and causes of serious secondary headache in pregnant ED patients.

Methods:

Unplanned secondary analysis of HEAD Study/HEAD Colombia data.

Results:

3.2% (117/3643) of ED headache patients aged 18–50 years were pregnant, of whom six (5.1%) had a serious secondary cause identified. The proportion of patients with serious headache causes was not significantly different between pregnant female, non-pregnant female and male patient subgroups (P = 0.89).

Conclusion:

Inclusion of pregnancy as a ‘red flag’ in ED headache assessment is not supported by these data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	629-631
Number of pages	3
Journal	EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia
Volume	34
Issue number	4
Early online date	26 May 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.14005
Publication status	Published - Aug 2022

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