Headache Red Flags: Difference between revisions
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#Sudden onset or accelerating pattern | #Sudden onset or accelerating pattern | ||
#No similar headache in past | #No similar headache in past | ||
#Age > | #Age >50yr | ||
#Occipitonuchal HA | #Occipitonuchal HA | ||
#Visual disturbances | #Visual disturbances | ||
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==Clinical Context== | ==Clinical Context== | ||
Headache in setting of: | Headache in setting of: | ||
# Infection | #Infection | ||
# Cancer | #Cancer | ||
# Immunosuppression | #Immunosuppression | ||
# Syncope | #Syncope | ||
# Trauma | #Trauma | ||
# Altered mental status | #Altered mental status | ||
# Systemic illness (fever, stiff neck, rash) | #Systemic illness (fever, stiff neck, rash) | ||
# Nausea/vomiting | #Nausea/vomiting | ||
# Patient on anticoagulation, steroids, NSAIDs | #Patient on anticoagulation, steroids, NSAIDs | ||
==Source== | ==Source== | ||
Revision as of 04:37, 1 October 2011
Features
- 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
Source
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