Medicinski vjesnik, Vol. 20 No. (1), 1988.
Stručni rad
Headache in children - cases treated at the Paediatric department in the period 1981-5
Zdenka Soštarić-Kručaj
Krasanka Hafner
Melita Rastija
Sažetak
In the 5-year period (1981—1985) 961 patient was hospitalized at the Department of Paediatrics — neurology, General Hospital Osijek. Among them there were 82 children with headache. Considering the cases of these 82 patients, the authors find the same representation of headache of organic and functional origin: 51.2%:48.8%. The frontal type of headache was the most frequent one in 28% of cases with clinical symptoms as nausea in 40.2% and vomiting in 36.5%. According to intensity, headache can be a leading symptom with the brain tumors and at the same time a very benign symptom as it is with paranasalsinusitis. In 13.4% of cases the brain tumor was diagnosed, what is quite a high percentage. In 14% of children with headache migraine with accompained symptoms was found: haemicrania, vomiting and in 50% of these children prodromal signs were noticed. Disrhytmic headache was found in 18% and among nonspecific headaches predominant were those belonging to psychoneurotic syndrome.
Ključne riječi
childhood; Department of Paediatrics; headache
Hrčak ID:
197083
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.12.1988.
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