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Headache - assessment - Management
Basis for recommendation
Features indicating a serious cause for headache requiring emergency admission
- Emergency admission for people with a serious cause for headache is based on expert opinion [SIGN, 2008].
Features indicating high or moderate risk of a space-occupying lesion
- The management of people based on the risk of a space-occupying lesion is based on Imaging patients with suspected brain tumour: guidance for primary care [Kernick et al, 2008]. This guidance is based on a review of the evidence, by 13 experts, of the predictive value of risk factors and clinical features for space-occupying lesions.
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