Urgent Bite 249 - Sentinel headaches and SAH

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Urgent Bite 249 - Sentinel headaches and SAH

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What is a sentinel headache before a SAH and could they help us pick up earlier on a diagnosis in urgent care?
 
Check out the papers mentioned
The ICHD - 3 link that described the sentinel headache
 
Wan Z, Meng H, Xu N, Liu T, Chen Z, Sun Y, Wang H. Clinical characteristics associated with sentinel headache in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Interv Neuroradiol. 2021 Aug;27(4):497-502. doi: 10.1177/1591019920971977. Epub 2020 Nov 4. PMID: 33148104; PMCID: PMC8580530.
Link to paper
 
Pereira JL, de Albuquerque LA, Dellaretti M, de Carvalho GT, Vieira G Jr, Rocha MI, Loures LL, Christo PP, de Sousa AA. Importance of recognizing sentinel headache. Surg Neurol Int. 2012;3:162. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.105101. Epub 2012 Dec 26. PMID: 23372978; PMCID: PMC3551504.
Link to paper
 
The article on the European Stroke Organisation by Dr Diana 
 
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