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The word "ataxia", comes from the Greek word, " a taxis" meaning "without order or incoordination". Learn how to evaluate and gain tips/pearls on acute ataxia in the emergency department.

CC: Headache First visit HPI: 29 year old female with a prior history of headaches, presented with two days of gradual onset, atraumatic, right sided headache that is throbbing in nature. The patient reported heaviness about the eye but no visual changes or disturbances. No neck pain, fevers, chills. She described feeling slightly light-headed but no balance loss. She had a mechanical trip and fall yesterday without head trauma, and her headache had been present for a day prior to the fall. ROS: otherwise normal. PMH/PSH: headaches, depression, anxiety, asthma SH: no smoking, no etoh, no drugs Allergies: Penicillin (rash) Pertinent Exam Vitals: 98.6F, BP: 156/85 P: 101, RR: 16, O2: 98%RA Gen: A&Ox3, well-developed, well-nourished HEENT: normocephalic, atraumatic, conjunctiva wnl, EOM wnl, PERRL, normal fundoscopic exam, crisp optic discs, normal ROM neck/supple Chest: wnl Abd: wnl Musculoskeletal: wnl Neuro: CN2-12 intact, normal reflexes, normal muscle tone, normal coordination Labs: Serum HCG negative Imaging: None ordered ED Course: The patient was believed to be experiencing a migraine headache. She had no evidence of head trauma, no signs of infectious etiology, and had no clinical findings or hx for SAH. She was administered Toradol, IVF and Reglan, and discharged with instructions to follow up with neurology and possibly have an outpatient MRI. Discharge Dx: Headache [...]

Author: Albert Arslan, MD and Anthony Scoccimarro, MD (Resident Physicians, Lincoln Emergency Medicine) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital)   Prevent and Identify – the ED’s equivalent of Search & Rescue when managing elevated Intracranial Pressures (ICP). The causes of elevated ICP are typically described in the context […]

Concussion is a type of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) that classically occurs in sports-related incidents but can be due to any traumatic force to the brain. The term concussion stems from the Latin word, concussus, which means “to shake violently." While sport is the most common cause of concussion in children, the most common causes of concussion in adults are falls and motor vehicle accidents. Young children have the highest rate of concussions in all age groups. [...]

"The patient was hypertensive with SBP in 220s...a stat CT scan revealed a large intraparenchymal hemorrhage"