- Dedication
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Case 1 The sepsis resuscitation bundle
- Case 2 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for the twenty-first century
- Case 3 Traumatic occult pneumothorax
- Case 4 Facial burns and inhalation injury
- Case 5 Paediatric head injury
- Case 6 Vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy
- Case 7 The limping child
- Case 8 Corneal injury
- Case 9 Procedural sedation in the emergency department
- Case 10 Atraumatic testicular pain
- Case 11 Pretibial laceration
- Case 12 Complex wrist fractures
- Case 13 Fever in the ED
- Case 14 Tricyclic antidepressant overdose
- Case 15 Headache
- Case 16 Self-harm
- Case 17 Febrile seizures
- Case 18 Right lower quadrant abdominal pain in women: gynaecology or surgery?
- Case 19 Dentofacial emergencies
- Case 20 Safeguarding: recognizing the abused child and acting on the evidence base
- Case 21 Femoral nerve block for fractured neck of femur
- Case 22 Sedation and restraint in the ED
- Case 23 Hypothermia
- Case 24 ‘Cocaine chest pain’
- Case 25 Croup
- Case 26 The collapsed marathon runner
- Case 27 Haemorrhagic rashes in children
- Case 28 Facial palsy
- Case 29 Back pain
- Index
(p. 147) Headache
- Chapter:
- (p. 147) Headache
- Author(s):
Katie McLeod
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199654093.003.0015
This chapter provides a discussion of the challenges facing the emergency physician dealing with patients presenting with a range of headaches and an exploration of the necessary history and examination and the stratification of higher imaging and further diagnostics such as lumbar puncture.
It examines the evidence base for three key clinical questions; what is the best analgesia for each headache type, the role of lumbar puncture after CT in suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage and an overview of the alternative potential diagnoses for a ‘sudden-onset severe’ headache.
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- Dedication
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Case 1 The sepsis resuscitation bundle
- Case 2 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for the twenty-first century
- Case 3 Traumatic occult pneumothorax
- Case 4 Facial burns and inhalation injury
- Case 5 Paediatric head injury
- Case 6 Vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy
- Case 7 The limping child
- Case 8 Corneal injury
- Case 9 Procedural sedation in the emergency department
- Case 10 Atraumatic testicular pain
- Case 11 Pretibial laceration
- Case 12 Complex wrist fractures
- Case 13 Fever in the ED
- Case 14 Tricyclic antidepressant overdose
- Case 15 Headache
- Case 16 Self-harm
- Case 17 Febrile seizures
- Case 18 Right lower quadrant abdominal pain in women: gynaecology or surgery?
- Case 19 Dentofacial emergencies
- Case 20 Safeguarding: recognizing the abused child and acting on the evidence base
- Case 21 Femoral nerve block for fractured neck of femur
- Case 22 Sedation and restraint in the ED
- Case 23 Hypothermia
- Case 24 ‘Cocaine chest pain’
- Case 25 Croup
- Case 26 The collapsed marathon runner
- Case 27 Haemorrhagic rashes in children
- Case 28 Facial palsy
- Case 29 Back pain
- Index