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diagnostic tests for acute HA:
ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) |
1. temportal arteritis
2. endocarditis |
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diagnostic tests for acute HA:
UA (urinalysis) |
1. malignant hypertension
2. preeclampsia |
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diagnostic tests for acute HA:
sinus CT or x-ray |
1. bacterial sinusitis
2. venous sinus thrombosis |
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to confirm a subarachnoid hemorrhage, start by...?
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a CT scan or lumber puncture to detect CSF xanthochromia (can be detected 6 hr after the onset of a headache)
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what should you suspect is causing a HA in pts > 50 or in pts c/ HAs immeiately upon waking up?
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an intracrainal lesion!!
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name 3 pts c/ sx whom you should suspect an increased intracranial pressure (ICP)?
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1. pts awakened in the middle of the night by a HA
2. pts c/ projectile vomiting 3. pts c/ focal neural deficits 4. get a head CT!!!!!! |
