Patients presenting with severe, sudden onset headaches can present a challenge to Emergency Physicians. While most headaches are benign, a minority of them areĀ a symptom of aneurysmal subarachnoid headaches (aSAH);
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Patients presenting with severe, sudden onset headaches can present a challenge to Emergency Physicians. While most headaches are benign, a minority of them areĀ a symptom of aneurysmal subarachnoid headaches (aSAH);
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This post discusses the rare spinal epidural hematoma focusing on presentation and diagnosis.
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Although non-contrast head CT (NCHCT) has near perfect sensitivity (98-100%) in detecting aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) when performed within 6 hours of headache onset, sensitivity declines after 6 hours. As a result of declining sensitivity,
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Acute headache is a common emergency department presentation that accounts for 1-2% of all encounters (Goldstein 2006) The differential includes many life-threatening diagnoses, one of which is aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).
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