Headache

Question 1

True or false: all pts w/headache following trauma should receive C-spine precautions.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What are some common sources of unintentional CO poisoning?

Answer 2

recently started using the heater or furnace

Question 3

Minimally reactive mid-dilated pupils with ciliary flush is suggestive of:

Answer 3

Acute closure glaucoma

Question 4

State some common causes of headache.

Answer 4

Tension headache
Migraine headache
Fever-associated headache
Sinusitis
Temporomandibular joint disease
Cluster headache
Trigeminal neuralgia

Question 5

List emergent causes of headache.

Answer 5

Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Epidural hemorrhage
Subdural hemorrhage
Intracranial hemorrhage
Stroke (although ischemic stroke uncommonly presents with headache)
CNS infection (meningitis/encephalitis/abscess)
CNS mass/increased intracranial pressure
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (aka pseudotumor cerebrii)
Venous thrombosis
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Acute angle closure glaucoma
Temporal arteritis