RT Book, Section A1 Adelgais, Kathleen M. A2 Cline, David M. A2 Ma, O. John A2 Cydulka, Rita K. A2 Meckler, Garth D. A2 Handel, Daniel A. A2 Thomas, Stephen H. SR Print(0) ID 56274466 T1 Chapter 77. Headache and Altered Mental Status in Children T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual, 7e YR 2012 FD 2012 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-178184-8 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56274466 RD 2024/03/29 AB Up to 1% of emergency department visits are for complaints of headache. The vast majority of headaches in children have a benign etiology. Factors associated with serious or dangerous causes of headache include: preschool age, occipital location, recent onset of headache, and inability of the child to describe the quality of the head pain.