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SNOOP mnemonic may catch potentially life-threatening headaches
Systemic signs and disorders
Neurologic symptoms
Onset new or changed & patient
life-threatening headaches ... old Onset in thunderclap ... SNOOP #mnemonic #headaches ... Differential #Diagnosis #headache
Excellent overview of the emergency department approach to atraumatic sudden onset headaches- including proposed algorithm and
atraumatic sudden onset headaches ... petrosoniak #Headache ... Diagnosis #Management #Thunderclap
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Approach to Headaches ... 50 yr, onset (thunderclap ... ) of worst headache ... MatthewHoMD #Headache
Ottawa Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) Rule:

The Ottawa SAH rule contains 6 clinical variables to consider:
- Age >=40
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rule contains 6 clinical ... during exertion - Thunderclap ... headache (instantly
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
Photophobia and Headache ... photophobia and headache ... Primary headaches ... • Tension-type headache ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Selected Differential Diagnosis of Eye Pain: Key Features and Management Options

Conjunctiva

 - Bacterial conjunctivitis

 - Viral
Other - Cluster headache ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Traditionally, we have been taught to examine for Kernig’s and Brudzinski’s signs when examining patients with
JAMA rational clinical ... accentuation of the headache ... the patient’s headache
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
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before age 50) Clinical ... symptoms • Headache
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)
Clinical:
 • Sudden, painless, monocular loss of vision 
 • "Blood and
Occlusion (CRVO) Clinical ... Management: • Ophthalmology ... CRVO #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Fundoscopy #Ophthalmology
Methemoglobinemia - Hand of a young person with headache and dyspnea shortly after starting dapsone. 
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young person with headache ... G6PDDeficiency #Clinical