Direct ophthalmoscopy in the evaluation of emergency department patients with headache: Time to rethink?

Anne-Maree Kelly^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research, Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Medicine, Western Health, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Anne-Maree Kelly. Emerg Med Australas. 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;35(2):357-358.

doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14176. Epub 2023 Jan 11.

Anne-Maree Kelly^{1

2}

¹ Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research, Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Medicine, Western Health, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Keywords: headache; ophthalmoscopy; papilloedema.

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Epidemiology, investigation, management, and outcome of headache in emergency departments (HEAD study)-A multinational observational study.
Kelly AM, Kuan WS, Chu KH, Kinnear FB, Keijzers G, Karamercan MA, Klim S, Wijeratne T, Kamona S, Graham CA, Body R, Roberts T, Horner D, Laribi S; and the HEAD Study Group. Kelly AM, et al. Headache. 2021 Nov;61(10):1539-1552. doi: 10.1111/head.14230. Epub 2021 Nov 2. Headache. 2021. PMID: 34726783

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