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There is no Consensus in the way we investigate potential subarachnoid haemorrhage!
Introduction A 38 year old woman presents to the emergency department, with sudden onset severe headache, which she describes as being “hit on the head with a shovel’. She is not a headache sufferer and has no other past medical history. Her conscious state is normal and the headache has subsided. We suspect a sentinel…
Read MoreSudden Headache in 2016: Let’s start to question
Here I am, in front of a 43 year old female patient who tells me that she had a sudden headache 4 hours ago. It’s like someone hit her on the back of the head. She is not distraught, nor upset, but texting hurriedly on her smartphone. The headache occurred whilst she was at her…
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