Unit 5 - SG Flashcards
non-contrast CT:
sufficient to exclude?
does not exclude?
Sufficient: intracranial hemorrhage + intracranial masses
does not exclude: SAH (need LP)
OTTAWA SAH clinical decision rule
predicts SAH:
- > 40y/o
- neck pain/stiffness
- witnessed LOC
- onset during exertion
- thunderclap HA
- limited neck flexion
Migraine: s/s
pulsatile
4-72 hours
unilateral, aggravated by routine physical activity
N/V, photophobia, photophobia
Aura or no aura
Migraines: symptomatic (acute) therapy
rest quiet/dark room
ASA, tylenol, NSAIDS - limit analgesics to <15 days/month, combo analgesics <10 days/month
Ergotamines Triptans chlorpromazine Firocet (risk of dependence - last resort) opioids (avoid d/t rebound)
neuromodulation
Migraines: preventative therapy
lifestyle changes
acupuncture
Botox
Cluster headache: s/s
precranial tenderness poor concentration constant daily HA viselike or tight (not pulsatile) no focal neuro symptoms
generalized most intense at neck/back of head
stress/fatigue/noise/glare worsens
Cluster headaches; treatment
1st line = sumatriptan, or O2
prophylactic: lithium, verapamil, to primate
transitional = prednisone, ergotamine
rebound headaches:
cause medications
>10 days/month: ergotamines triptans butalbital opioids
> 15 days/month:
tylenol
acetylsalicylic acoid
NSAIDS
trigeminal neuralgia: s/s
brief episodes of stabbing facial pain exacerbated by touch
- near one side of mouth shoots towards ear, eye,nostril on that side
trigeminal neuralgia: treatment
1st line: oxycarbazepine/carbamazepine
- if ineffective try phenytoin
w/ MS - gabapentin (suspect MS if <40y/o)
Nimodipine
reduces ischemic deficits from arterial vasospasm (SAH)
given 21 days prophylactically for all SAH patients
SAH: s/s
sudden severe HA “thunderclap”
signs of meningeal irritation (ducal rigidity)
obtundation, confused/irritable
N/V
focal deficits usually absent
Pseudotumor Cerebri: s/s
“Idiopathic intracranial HTN”
HA worse on straining visual obscuration or diplopia papilledema abducens palsy pulse synchronous tinnitus
CSF normal (confirms presence of intracranial HTN)
Pseudotunor Cerebri: tx
Acetazolamide
toprimate (antieleptic, carboanhydrase inhibitor)
lasix
repeated LPs
VP shunt
DC use of: tetracycline, OCP, vitamin A, restart steroid if recently abruptly stopped
Adjustment Disorder
must specify “w/ symptom”
w/in 3 months of identifiable stressor
not at severity of major depressive episode or chronicity of GAD