Core EM - Emergency Medicine Podcast
Health & Fitness:Medicine
Take Home Points
Keep IIH and CVST on the differential for patient’s coming in with a subacute headache, particularly if they have visual or neuro symptoms. Consider an ocular ultrasound! It’s quick, shockingly easy to do, and can help point you toward a diagnosis you may have otherwise overlooked. I have made it my practice now to include a quick look in the physical exam of my patients with a concerning sounding headache or a headache with neurologic symptoms. Consider IIH particularly in an overweight female of child bearing age with a subacute headache, but remember patients outside that demographic can have IIH as well. Consider CVST in a patient with a thrombophilic process like cancer, pregnancy or the use of OCPs or androgens or in a patient with a recent facial infection like sinusitis or cellulitis.Read More
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