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==DDx==
==Common==
==Common==
# [[Migraine]]
# [[Migraine Headache]]
# Tension  
# [[Tension Headache]]
# Cluster
# [[Cluster Headache]]


===Killers===
==Killers==
# Meningitis/encephalitis
# Meningitis/encephalitis
# [[SAH]] / sentinel bleed
# [[SAH]] / sentinel bleed
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# Space occupying lesions
# Space occupying lesions
# [[Stroke (CVA)]]
# [[Stroke (CVA)]]
# Carbon monoxide poisoning
# CO poisoning
# Basilar artery dissection
# Basilar artery dissection
# Preeclampsia
# Preeclampsia
# Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (pregnancy/post-partum)
# Cerebral venous thrombosis (pregnancy/post-partum)
# Hypertensive Emergency
# Hypertensive emergency
# Depression
# Depression


===Maimers===
==Maimers==
# Temporal Arteritis (>50yrs & ESR)
# Temporal Arteritis (>50yrs & ESR)
# [[Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension]] (pseudotumor cerebri)
# [[Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension]] (pseudotumor cerebri)
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# Acute sinusitis
# Acute sinusitis


===Others===
==Others==
# Trigeminal neuralgia
# Trigeminal neuralgia
# Temporomandibular
# TMJ pain
# Post LP/ low CSF
# Post LP/ low CSF
# Dehydration
# Dehydration

Revision as of 04:23, 1 October 2011

Common

  1. Migraine Headache
  2. Tension Headache
  3. Cluster Headache

Killers

  1. Meningitis/encephalitis
  2. SAH / sentinel bleed
  3. Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH) (subdura/epidural)
  4. Acute obstructive hydrocephalus
  5. Space occupying lesions
  6. Stroke (CVA)
  7. CO poisoning
  8. Basilar artery dissection
  9. Preeclampsia
  10. Cerebral venous thrombosis (pregnancy/post-partum)
  11. Hypertensive emergency
  12. Depression

Maimers

  1. Temporal Arteritis (>50yrs & ESR)
  2. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri)
  3. Acute glaucoma
  4. Acute sinusitis

Others

  1. Trigeminal neuralgia
  2. TMJ pain
  3. Post LP/ low CSF
  4. Dehydration
  5. Analgesia abuse
  6. Eye, dental, or derm cause
  7. Febrile HA