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Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Meningeal signs ... Systemic symptoms and signs ... thrombosis • Hemorrhage ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
Photophobia and Headache ... - Differential Diagnosis ... meningeal irritation signs ... Non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage ... #differential #diagnosis
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical ... Complications Signs ... Symptoms: - Headache ... Papillary Edema, Flame Hemorrhages ... #Symptoms #diagnosis
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... lesions, subhyaloid hemorrhage ... acute cerebellar hemorrhage ... #signs #symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis
Traditionally, we have been taught to examine for Kernig’s and Brudzinski’s signs when examining patients with
and Brudzinski’s signs ... JAMA rational clinical ... accentuation of the headache ... the patient’s headache ... #Diagnosis #Kernigs
COVID-19 Signs and Symptoms at the time of Presentation

Fever
Myalgia
Headache
Rinorrhea
Sore Throat
Dyspnea
Chest Tightness
Cough
Sputum
Hemoptysis
Nausea/Vomiting
Diarrhea

Dr. Josh Farkas @pulmcrit via Internet
COVID-19 Signs and ... Fever Myalgia Headache ... Internet Book of Critical ... iBookCC #COVID19 #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
• Fever • Headache ... • Pulmonary hemorrhage ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis ... #Illness #Signs
Clinical Features of Infective Endocarditis

General 
 - Malaise 
 - Clubbing 

Cardiac 
 - Murmurs
Clinical Features ... nodes - Splinter haemorrhages ... Conjunctival splinter haemorrhages ... Endocarditis #Symptoms #Signs ... #PhysicalExam #Diagnosis
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
Dangerous Causes of Headache ... - subarachnoid hemorrhage ... intracerebral hemorrhage ... thrombophilia, neurologic signs ... postpartum #Diagnosis
Complications of Measles: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • ADEM -> Fever, headache, neck stiffness, BBD, mental
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... ADEM -> Fever, headache ... Complications #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms