Friday, January 2, 2009

Emergency Room Medicine: Headaches

Most headaches that are treatred in the emergency room are due to causes such as tension or migraine headaches. However, any emergency room doctor must be vigilant for each potential cause of headache. If you or a loved one have treated in the hospital emergency room and now you are even worse off then when you arrived there it is important to be sure your doctor performed the proper test for you. Below is a short list of the normal test performed for the medical conditions listed.
Glaucoma Check eye pressure with tonometer; Subarachnoid bleed CAT Scan and lumbar puncture; Meningitis Lumbar puncture; Stroke CAT Scan; Head injury CAT Scan; Tumor CAT Scan or MRI

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