Retrospective cohort study reveals high prevalence of status migrainosus in specialty headache clinic, indicating need for better treatment.
SM is common in a tertiary headache population, affecting nearly half of specialty clinic patients with migraine over their lifetime and one in five in a single year. In this population, patients with SM tend to have chronic migraine with high rates of aura. This study highlights the need for improved diagnostic consistency and treatment.
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Dorsey et al. (2026) studied this question.