Other headache syndromes
Description
acute chest syndrome: A vaso-occlusive crisis of the pulmonary vasculature occurring in patients with sickle cell disease. It is characterized by the presence of a new radiodensity on a chest radiograph accompanied by fever, cough, sputum production, dyspnea, or hypoxia.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | G6_HEADACHE |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: G44, ICD-8: 34601 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: G44, ICD-8: 34601 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 6292 | 4619 | 1673 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 3.61 | 4.66 | 2.23 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 49.09 | 48.46 | 50.83 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 1.37 | 0.95 | 2.51 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 20.79 | 21.32 | 19.31 |
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