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Neurology

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Migraine dx criteria   ≥2 of: (Unilateral; Pulsating; Mod/ severe intensity; fx: avoidance of routine physical activity); 1 of: (N/V; Photophobia and phonophobia)  
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5 phases of migraine   Prodrome; aura; HA; termination; postdrome  
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Severe episodic HA with cerebellar sx =   basilar migraine  
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Menstrual migraine tx   triptans given acutely; NSAIDs; OCP  
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Chronic migraine: dx   CDH ≥3 months; >8 d/mo x 3 mo;  
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Sinus HA vs migraine   sinus usu continuous (not intermittent); TTP over sinuses; tx w/ Abx  
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Chronic Daily HA dx criteria   ≥ 15 d/mo; primary or secondary (usu considered primary); ≥1 migraine/wk = RF for dev CDH  
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CTTH:   CDH meeting TTH criteria  
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NDPH:   CDH dev within 3 days of sx onset, last ≥ 3 mo  
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Medication Overuse HA =   CDH assoc w/regular overuse for >3 month of one or more acute meds; try bridge tx; initiate preventive agent as analgesic is withdrawn  
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Med overuse indicators:   Simple analgesics: >3 d/wk; Triptans/ combo analgesics: >2 d/wk; Opioids/ergotamine: >2 d/wk  
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Hemicrania continua   Daily, continuous, strictly unilateral primary HA; assoc w/ cranial autonomic features (miosis, ptosis, eyelid edema, lacrimation, nasal congestion or rhinorrhea)  
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Hemicrania continua: dx & tx   dx: responds to indomethacin  
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Paroxysmal hemicrania   ≥ 20 frequent attacks (2-30 min); Pain severe & strictly unilateral, orbital, supraorbital, or temporal; Parasymp ipsilateral activation; Responds only to indomethacin  
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SUNCT   Short-lasting; Unilateral; Neuralgiform HA, with Conjunctival injection & Tearing; rare; M>F (>50 yo)  
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SUNCT sx   burning, stabbing, throbbing; seconds to 4 min; 5-6 per hr; SBP may rise  
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Trigeminal autonomic cephalgias include:   SUNCT; cluster; trigeminal neuralgia  
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Cluster HA epidemiology   M>F (older than migraine); 20-50 yo  
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HA red flags (SNOOP)   Systemic sx; secondary RF; neuro sx; onset sudden; older pt; Progression/prior HA hx; Pattern changes. Also AM (wakes from sleep); thunderclap HA, new onset in >50 yo  
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Neuroimaging not needed when:   No focal neuro findings; Pt has stable pattern of recurrent HA; No h/o seizures  
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Consider neuroimaging when:   Neuro exam abnormal; progressively worsening HA; new persistent HA; new, rapid onset HA (thunderclap headache); HA does not respond to standard tx  
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Thunderclap HA (non-SAH)   dx after exclude SAH; peaks in 1 min, lasts 1 hr-10 days  
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Migraine tx considerations   Pt age; current health status; coexistent illnesses; migraine type. ASA 900mg / Ibu 400mg / APAP 1000mg; triptans; +/- antiemetics  
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Use LP only after:   normal CT obtained & platelet count is normal  
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LP should be performed if:   Neuroimaging is normal or suggests dz that must be dx by measuring cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure, cell count, and chem; CSF with bili & oxyHgb for thunderclap & normal CT  
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Pt needs preventive med (as well as abortive) if:   >8 HA / month  
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Definition of trigger   causes HA more than 50% of the time within 24 hr  
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HA imaging guidelines   Consider MRI if HA brought on (not just aggravated) by cough; SUNCT; cluster HA; pr paroxysmal hemicrania. MRI vs CT if abnormal neuro exam. CT within 12 hr of thunderclap HA  
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Cluster HA clinical features   Episodic: 1 wk to 1 yr w/remissions between clusters of at least 1 month; Chronic: clusters last >1 yr w/remissions <1 month  
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Cluster HA sx/sx   severe, unilateral, periorbital/temporal; nasal congestion, injected conjunctiva, ipsilateral sweating; at night (wakes pt), possible Horner syndrome  
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Cluster HA tx   Abortive tx: sumatriptan 6mg SQ and 6-10L O2. Preventive: verapamil 120mg TID x2 wks, prednisone & melatonin x2 wks  
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Migraine pathology   Not 2/2 vascular dilation/constriction. Primary neuronal dysfunction w/activation of trigeminovascular system reflex, cortical spreading depression, serotonin.  
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Migraine PPx med   BB: propranolol 80-240mg/day; alt: timolol, nadolol, atenolol, metoprolol. Possibly amitriptyline, venlafaxine; antiepileptics (Tapamax PG cat D)  
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Not to be used in acute migraine:   Ergotamine  
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Adolescent female w/ HA. +FHx. Severe HA, N/V, photphobia. +/- auras (usu contra to HA)   Migraine HA  
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Male, recurrent relapsing HA. Worsened w/ EtOH, Lacrimation, salivation, rhinorrhea   Cluster HA  
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Migraine dx criteria   ≥2 of: (Unilateral; Pulsating; Mod/ severe intensity; fx: avoidance of routine physical activity); 1 of: (N/V; Photophobia & phonophobia)  
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Severe episodic HA with cerebellar sx =   basilar migraine  
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Chronic migraine: dx   chronic daily HA ≥3 months; >8 d/mo x 3 mos  
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Sinus HA vs migraine   sinus usu continuous (not intermittent); TTP over sinuses; tx w/ Abx  
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chronic daily HA   ≥ 15 d/mo; primary or secondary (usu considered primary); ≥1 migraine/wk = RF for dev chronic daily HA  
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SUNCT =   Short-lasting; Unilateral; Neuralgiform HA, with Conjunctival injection & Tearing; rare; M>F (>50 yo)  
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SUNCT sx   burning, stabbing, throbbing; seconds to 4 min; 5-6 per hr; SBP may rise  
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Cluster HA =   M>F (older than migraine); severe, unilateral, nasal congestion, injected conjunctiva, ipsilateral sweating; at night (wakes pt)  
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HA red flags (SNOOP)   Systemic sx; secondary RF; neuro sx; onset sudden; older pt; Progression/prior HA hx; Pattern changes  
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Sumatriptan: indications   migraine (abortive tx); acute tx cluster HA; Fast onset, short duration; repeat dose in 1 hr if nec; Never give IV or IM  
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Ergotamine MOA   direct sm mx vasoconstrictor  
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Beta blockers: MOA:   central/serotonergic, beta-1 mediated  
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Migraine: prophylaxis   Beta (50-60% efficacy); TCA; SSRIs; bupropion; Valpro; verapamil; NSAIDs (ST for predictable)  
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Prophylactic tx: adequate trial of tx:   6-8 weeks  
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Menstrual migraine: Tx   NSAIDs: begin 2-7 days prior to menses, continue through last day of flow; Hormonal therapy (OCP)  
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TCA MOA   antagonism of vascular or brainstem 5-HT2  
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Tension type HA   mild-mod intensity, bilateral, nonthrobbing HA w/o other assoc features; infreq <1/mo; freq 1-14 days/mo; chronic >15 days/mo; NSAIDs & TCAs  
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cluster HA   unilateral, orbital/temporal w/tearing; Tx O2, sumatriptan, prevent w/verapamil  
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HA prevalence   cluster M>F, parox hemicrania F>M  
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HA: serious sxs   meningits (fever, HA, stiff neck: LP/bld cx); SAH (sudden onset: CT); subdural  
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