2024 - 2025 Headache Basics
The intent of this lecture is to provide a comprehensive overview of headaches and migraines. The presenter discusses the importance of obtaining headache history, symptoms and red flags, assessment and diagnostic testing, and treatment of headaches. The presentation will review primary versus secondary headaches, thunderclap headaches, subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), dissection, Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS), Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH), intracranial hypotension, and trigeminal neuralgia. Finally, the presentation will review medication overuse in the treatment of headaches and migraines.
Target Audience
- Residents
- Physicians
Learning Objectives
Learners will be able to;
- Identify how to assess headaches.
- Summarize diagnostic testing for headaches.
- Distinguish between Primary and Secondary headaches.
- Identify at least 2 causes of thunderclap headaches.
Speaker(s)
Annie Cavalier, MD
has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Moderator(s)
Debra Chionis, MS, ACE-MES, ACSM-CEP
has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Peer Reviewer(s)
Robert Fishman, MD
has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Available Credit
- 1.00 Participation