2000
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2000.00029.x
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Acute Headache in Children and Adolescents Presenting to the Emergency Department

Abstract: In children and adolescents, the abrupt onset of severe headache is most frequently caused by upper respiratory tract infection with fever, sinusitis, or migraine. Special attention is warranted if the acute headache is occipital in location and if the affected patient is unable to describe the quality of the pain. Serious underlying processes such as brain tumor or intracranial hemorrhage are uncommon and, when present, are accompanied by multiple neurological signs (ataxia, hemiparesis, papilledema).

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“…7 However, physicians should always be aware of concerning clinical features such as a sudden severe headache, persistent nausea or vomiting, a worsening progressive pattern of symptoms, altered mental status, ataxia, and papilledema, which may indicate severe intracranial pathology requiring more emergent neuroimaging and intervention. 8,9 v…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…7 However, physicians should always be aware of concerning clinical features such as a sudden severe headache, persistent nausea or vomiting, a worsening progressive pattern of symptoms, altered mental status, ataxia, and papilledema, which may indicate severe intracranial pathology requiring more emergent neuroimaging and intervention. 8,9 v…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The ophthalmic examination is necessary to look for papilledema. The electroencephalogram and neurophysiological examinations (VEP, event related potentials, EMG) are of limited value in the routine evaluation of headaches except from "migraine triggeredseizures" [85,86] .…”
Section: Investigationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Uważa się, że mogą być związane z rozszerzeniem naczyń prowokowanym przez gorączkę. Według różnych badań wśród dzieci zgłaszających się na oddział ratunkowy z powodu ostrego bólu głowy pacjenci z bólem głowy związanym z infekcją wirusową dróg oddechowych stanowią 14-57%, natomiast pacjenci z paciorkowcowym zapaleniem gardła około 5-9% [16][17][18]. Nasilenie bólu towarzyszącego infekcji zwykle jest łagodne lub umiarkowane.…”
Section: Infekcje Górnych Dróg Oddechowychunclassified
“…Ból jest niecharakterystyczny, często obustronny, zlokalizowany zwykle w okolicy czołowej lub skroniowej. W leczeniu stosuje się leki przeciwbólowe i przeciwzapalne [16].…”
Section: Infekcje Górnych Dróg Oddechowychunclassified