Headache management in a single tertiary outpatient care service in Zagreb

Aim of this study was to investigate the diagnoses and treatment patterns of patients with chief compalint of headache in a tertiary outpatient care of the university-affiliated hospital center in Zagreb.All consecutive patients with headache that attended one single tertiary outpatient care service during 2011 were analysed. The type of headache eas diagnosed according to the ICHD II criteria. A total of 478 patient charts were analyzed ; 398 (81.4%) women, of average age of 44 years and 89 (18.6%)men of average age of 42 years.The majority of migraine patients was taking triptans, and was satisfied with their therapy. One third of the patients require prophylactic therapy.