TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnostic testing for headache
AU - Evans, R. W.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - A careful and complete headache history supplemented by a neurologic and general physical examination, as appropriate, enables the astute physician to diagnose most headaches correctly without diagnostic testing. When indications are present (see Box 1), some headache patients with a normal physical examination require testing even though the yield may be low. Failure to test may result in misdiagnosis of potentially serious and life-threatening causes of headaches, such as brain tumors, chronic meningitis, SAH, and temporal arteritis.
AB - A careful and complete headache history supplemented by a neurologic and general physical examination, as appropriate, enables the astute physician to diagnose most headaches correctly without diagnostic testing. When indications are present (see Box 1), some headache patients with a normal physical examination require testing even though the yield may be low. Failure to test may result in misdiagnosis of potentially serious and life-threatening causes of headaches, such as brain tumors, chronic meningitis, SAH, and temporal arteritis.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0025-7125(05)70348-5
DO - 10.1016/S0025-7125(05)70348-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 11480262
AN - SCOPUS:0034921862
SN - 0025-7125
VL - 85
SP - 865
EP - 885
JO - Medical Clinics of North America
JF - Medical Clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -