BATES HEENT Test Questions with Correct
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One of the most common symptoms in clinical practice, with a life-time prevalence on
30%.
Headache
Primary Headaches
Migraine, tension, cluster, and chronic daily HA
Secondary Headaches
Arise from underlying structural systemic or infectious causes such as meningitis or
subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Three most important attributes of headache
severity, chronologic pattern and associated symptoms.
Reaches maximal intensity over several minutes, occurs in 70% of patients with
subarachnoid hemorrhage and are often preceded by a sentinel leak HA from a
vascular leak into the subarachnoid space
Thunderclap Headaches
If a HA is sudden onset and severe. What should you consider?
Subarachnoid hemorrhage or meningitis
Where do unilateral HA occur?
In migraines/tension in the temporal areas and cluster maybe retro-orbital.
Valsalva maneuvers and leaning forward may increase pain from______________.
Answers
One of the most common symptoms in clinical practice, with a life-time prevalence on
30%.
Headache
Primary Headaches
Migraine, tension, cluster, and chronic daily HA
Secondary Headaches
Arise from underlying structural systemic or infectious causes such as meningitis or
subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Three most important attributes of headache
severity, chronologic pattern and associated symptoms.
Reaches maximal intensity over several minutes, occurs in 70% of patients with
subarachnoid hemorrhage and are often preceded by a sentinel leak HA from a
vascular leak into the subarachnoid space
Thunderclap Headaches
If a HA is sudden onset and severe. What should you consider?
Subarachnoid hemorrhage or meningitis
Where do unilateral HA occur?
In migraines/tension in the temporal areas and cluster maybe retro-orbital.
Valsalva maneuvers and leaning forward may increase pain from______________.
