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==Features==
{{HA red flags}}
#Sudden onset or accelerating pattern
#No similar headache in past
#Age >50yr
#Occipitonuchal HA
#Visual disturbances
#Exertional
#Family history of SAH
#Focal neurologic signs
#Diastolic BP > 120
#Papilledema
#Jaw claudication
==Clinical Context==
Headache in setting of:
#Infection
#Cancer
#Immunosuppression
#Syncope
#Trauma
#Altered mental status
#Systemic illness (fever, stiff neck, rash)
#Nausea/vomiting
#Patient on anticoagulation, steroids, NSAIDs


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 17:55, 20 October 2014

Headache Red Flags

Features

  • Sudden onset or accelerating pattern
  • Maximum intensity of pain at onset (i.e. "thunderclap")
  • Worse with valsalva
  • Worse in the morning or at night
  • No similar headache in past
  • Age >50 yr or <5 yr
  • Occipitonuchal headache
  • Visual disturbances
  • Exertional or postcoital
  • Family or personal history of SAH, cerebral aneurysm, or AVM
  • Focal neurologic signs
  • Diastolic BP >120
  • Papilledema
  • Jaw claudication

Clinical Context

Headache in setting of:

See Also

Source

  • UpToDate
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