The broader differential diagnosis of post partum headache

The broader differential diagnosis of postpartum headache, to which the authors of the case report have alluded, includes, not only the disorders cited by the authors as being the ones enumerated in Classical teaching in Emergency Medicine [1], but also the post partum headache of aortic dissection(AD) [2], reversible cerebral vasoconstrictor syndrome [3,4] non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage [5] postpartum vertebral artery dissection [6], and internal carotid artery dissection [7]. Awareness of the full spectrum of that differential diagnosis will optimise the management of postpartum patients who present to the emergency department with headache.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Source Type: research