Clinical profile and final diagnoses of hospitalized patients with a chief complaint of headache, an experience from a headache tertiary center in Iran

Fatemeh Moghadas; Elham Jafari; Mansoureh Togha; Bibiseyedeh Rezaeian

doi:10.1186/s12883-026-04686-y

February 3, 2026BMC NeurologyOpen Access

Clinical profile and final diagnoses of hospitalized patients with a chief complaint of headache, an experience from a headache tertiary center in Iran

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Key Points

The aim is to analyze the clinical profiles and final diagnoses of hospitalized headache patients.
Data was collected from a headache tertiary center in Iran.
Patients were categorized by gender and type of headache.
Diagnosis of headaches was recorded and analyzed.
Women were hospitalized for headaches more often than men.
The majority of diagnoses were secondary headaches, indicating their complex nature.

Implication

Reveals gender differences in headache-related hospitalizations, highlighting the prevalence of secondary headaches.

Abstract

This study showed that women are more frequently hospitalized due to headaches than men. Most of the patients were diagnosed with secondary headaches due to the more challenging nature of this category.

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Moghadas et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698584f98f7c464f23008407 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-026-04686-y

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Clinical profile and final diagnoses of hospitalized patients with a chief complaint of headache, an experience from a headache tertiary center in Iran

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Clinical profile and final diagnoses of hospitalized patients with a chief complaint of headache, an experience from a headache tertiary center in Iran

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Implication

Abstract

Discussion

Cite This Study

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