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Acute Headache
#Diagnosis #Management #Peds #Acute #Headache #PEMSource
Acute Headache ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Peds #Acute #Headache
SNOOP mnemonic may catch potentially life-threatening headaches
Systemic signs and disorders
Neurologic symptoms
Onset new or changed & patient
life-threatening headaches ... Systemic signs ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #headache ... redflag #dangerous #neurology
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential ... meningeal irritation signs ... : - Acute angle-closure ... #differential # ... ophthalmology #Neurology
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... With Different Headache ... encephalitis, SAH ... #signs #symptoms ... #clues #differential
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
- Differential ... • Meningeal signs ... Systemic symptoms and signs ... arteritis • Acute ... #Differential #
Pharmacotherapy for Migraine Prophylaxis 

Who is indicated for migraine prophylaxis? Patients who experience more than 3
or at least 8 headache ... despite appropriate acute ... contraindications to acute ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Neurology #PrimaryCare
Acute Treatment of Migraine

- BWH Medicine Chiefs @BrighamChiefs

#Migraine #Treatment #management #neurology #headache #medications
Acute Treatment ... Migraine #Treatment #management ... #neurology #headache
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... Hypoglycemia Anatomy - Acute ... #diagnosis #differential ... primary #secondary #management ... #neurology
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes of Headache ... system function - Acute ... of life" - Acute ... #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential
Causes of Secondary Headaches (without Red Flag Symptoms) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute
 • Sinusitis
 • Dental
Causes of Secondary Headaches ... Flag Symptoms) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Acute ... Brain Injury • Acute ... #Neurology #Differential