Headache Red Flags: Difference between revisions
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==Features== | |||
#Sudden onset or accelerating pattern | #Sudden onset or accelerating pattern | ||
#No similar headache in past | #No similar headache in past | ||
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#Papilledema | #Papilledema | ||
#Jaw claudication | #Jaw claudication | ||
==Clinical Context== | |||
Headache in setting of: | Headache in setting of: | ||
# Infection | # Infection | ||
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# Nausea/vomiting | # Nausea/vomiting | ||
# Patient on anticoagulation, steroids, NSAIDs | # Patient on anticoagulation, steroids, NSAIDs | ||
==Source== | |||
*UpToDate | |||
[[Category:Neuro]] | [[Category:Neuro]] | ||
Revision as of 04:21, 1 October 2011
Features
- Sudden onset or accelerating pattern
- No similar headache in past
- Age > 50 years
- 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
Source
- UpToDate