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#HPI | |||
*FIRST or WORST headache ever? | *FIRST or WORST headache ever? | ||
*DIFFERENT from usual headaches? | *DIFFERENT from usual headaches? | ||
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The following are '''RED FLAGS OF SERIOUS HEADACHES''' | The following are '''RED FLAGS OF SERIOUS HEADACHES''' | ||
##New onset | |||
*headaches beginning at age 40 | *headaches beginning at age 40 | ||
**mass lesion, temporal arteritis | **mass lesion, temporal arteritis | ||
##more SEVERE and FREQUENT headaches (worst headache ever) | |||
*mass lesion, subdural hematoma, medication overuse | *mass lesion, subdural hematoma, medication overuse | ||
##SUDDEN onset (maximal at onset - no increase over time) | |||
*SAH, mass lesion (especially in the posterior fossa) | *SAH, mass lesion (especially in the posterior fossa) | ||
*new onset in patient with risk factors for HIV or CANCER | *new onset in patient with risk factors for HIV or CANCER | ||
**meningitis, brain abscess, metastasis | **meningitis, brain abscess, metastasis | ||
##headache ASSOCIATED with | |||
*fever (meningitis, encephalitis, systemic infection) | *fever (meningitis, encephalitis, systemic infection) | ||
*projectile vomiting | *projectile vomiting | ||
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*trauma (intracranial hemorrhage, subdural/epidural hematoma, SAH) | *trauma (intracranial hemorrhage, subdural/epidural hematoma, SAH) | ||
PMHx | #PMHx | ||
*hypertension | *hypertension | ||
*HIV | *HIV | ||
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#MEDICATION | #MEDICATION | ||
Family history | #Family history | ||
Revision as of 04:43, 16 May 2007
- HPI
- FIRST or WORST headache ever?
- DIFFERENT from usual headaches?
- Onset = when did it start?
- gradual, sudden (thunder-clap)
- Palliation/Provokative
- stress, food, menstrual cycle, rest
- Quality
- unilateral, bilateral, band-like?
- does it spread?
- throbbing, stabbing, dull, pressure
- Radiation
- where does it spread?
- Severity
- Nausea/vomiting
- photo/phonophobia
- vision changes
- fever
- stiff neck
- confusion
The following are RED FLAGS OF SERIOUS HEADACHES
- New onset
- headaches beginning at age 40
- mass lesion, temporal arteritis
- more SEVERE and FREQUENT headaches (worst headache ever)
- mass lesion, subdural hematoma, medication overuse
- SUDDEN onset (maximal at onset - no increase over time)
- SAH, mass lesion (especially in the posterior fossa)
- new onset in patient with risk factors for HIV or CANCER
- meningitis, brain abscess, metastasis
- headache ASSOCIATED with
- fever (meningitis, encephalitis, systemic infection)
- projectile vomiting
- impaired mental status
- focal neurological signs - weakness, paresthesia (mass lesion, stroke)
- recent head injury
- papilledema (mass lesion, pseudotumor, meningitis)
- meningismus (meningeal irritation)
- seizures
- trauma (intracranial hemorrhage, subdural/epidural hematoma, SAH)
- PMHx
- hypertension
- HIV
- cancer
- trauma
- recent procedures
- MEDICATION
- Family history