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===Red Flags=== | |||
'''Features''' | '''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''' | '''Clinical Context''' | ||
Headache in setting of: | 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 | |||
Revision as of 18:35, 3 June 2015
Red Flags
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