<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alanazy, Mohammed H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Almalak, Hassan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alaboudi, Malak</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Abujamea, Abdullah</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Albilali, Abdul</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Muayqil, Taim</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Common diagnoses and factors associated with abnormal neuroimaging in headache patients in the emergency department</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Neurosciences Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023-01-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">36-41</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.17712/nsj.2023.1.20220042</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">28</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Objectives: To determine causes of headaches in patients who presented to the emergency department (ED) and underwent neuroimaging, and to determine the clinical features associated with abnormal neuroimaging.Methods: Patients were retrospectively selected from a database between June, 2015 and May, 2019. Patients were included if they had neuroimaging requested from the ED mainly for headache. Associations between clinical characteristics and abnormal neuroimaging were assessed.Results: We included 329 patients (33.4% men, 66.6% women). The mean (SD) age was 39.7 (18.4) years. Neurological signs were reported in 43.8% of the patients, head-computed tomography was requested in 79.6%, magnetic resonance imaging in 77.5%, and both in 57.1%. Abnormal neuroimaging was reported in 31.9%. The most common reported diagnoses were secondary headache disorders (48.9%), followed by primary headache disorders (16.4%). The remainder were nonspecific-headaches (35%). Variables associated with abnormal neuroimaging were headache onset ≤1 month (OR 3.37, CI 1.47–7.70, p=0.004), and presence of an abnormal neurological sign (OR 3.60, CI 1.89–6.83, p&lt;0.001).Conclusion: Secondary headache disorders are common in patients who undergo neuroimaging in the ED. Those who have a neurological sign and recent onset of headache are more likely to have abnormal neuroimaging.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>