RT Book, Section
A1 Weber, Joseph M.
A2 Sherman, Scott C.
A2 Weber, Joseph M.
A2 Schindlbeck, Michael A.
A2 Rahul G., Patwari
SR Print(0)
ID 1101228454
T1 Headache
T2 Clinical Emergency Medicine
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179460-2
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101228454
RD 2024/04/25
AB Consider  emergent  causes  of  headache  first.Have  a  low  threshold  to  perform  a  computed  tomography  (CT)  scan  on  patients  with  a  possible  emergent  cause  for  their  headache.Never  delay  administering  antibiotics  while  waiting  for  a  CT  scan  or  lumbar  puncture  (LP)  when  considering  the  diagnosis  of  bacterial  meningitis.When  subarachnoid  hemorrhage  is  suspected,  follow  a  normal  CT  scan  with  LP.