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Diagnosing causes of headache within the postpartum period.
CONCLUSIONS: Research has shown that many postpartum headaches go undiagnosed and as a result are poorly treated, often returning following discharge from secondary care (Nelson-Piercy 2010 ). The hope is that the introduction of this adjuvant will allow clinicians to identify the cause of postpartum headaches earlier and will allow life threatening diagnoses to be quickly excluded. PMID: 29944052 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - June 28, 2018 Category: OBGYN Tags: J Obstet Gynaecol Source Type: research

Sheehan syndrome: acute presentation with severe headache
Postpartum headache has an incidence of 11–80%.1,2 The majority of headaches in the postpartum period are of primary etiology, and include migraine, tension-type, cervicogenic, cluster headaches, and other trigeminal autonomic cephalgias.2–5 While secondary headaches are less common, they can be associated with significant morbidity and mortality, and a high index of suspicion and low threshold for neurodiagnostic imaging should be maintained. Secondary headaches may be due to complications of neuraxial anesthesia such as post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) and pneumocephalus, obstetric disease including hypertensive d...
Source: International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia - May 14, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: B. Hale, A.S. Habib Tags: Case report Source Type: research