A5.1.2.1 Delayed-onset acute headache attributed to mild traumatic injury to the headHartmut Gobel2018-01-31T16:07:33+00:00
Diagnostic criteria:
- Any headache fulfilling criteria C and D
- Traumatic injury to the head has occurred, fulfilling both of the following:
- associated with none of the following:
- loss of consciousness for >30 minutes
- Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) <13
- post-traumatic amnesia lasting >24 hours
- altered level of awareness for >24 hours
- imaging evidence of a traumatic head injury such as skull fracture, intracranial haemorrhage and/or brain contusion
- associated, immediately following the head injury, with one or more of the following symptoms and/or signs:
- transient confusion, disorientation or impaired consciousness
- loss of memory for events immediately before or after the injury
- two or more other symptoms suggestive of mild traumatic brain injury:
- – nausea
- – vomiting
- – visual disturbances
- – dizziness and/or vertigo
- – gait and/or postural imbalance
- – impaired memory and/or concentration
- associated with none of the following:
- Headache is reported to have developed between 7 days and 3 months after all of the following:
- the head injury
- regaining of consciousness following the head injury (when applicable)
- discontinuation of medication(s) impairing ability to sense or report headache following the head injury (when applicable)
- Either of the following:
- headache has resolved within 3 months after its onset
- headache has not yet resolved but 3 months have not yet passed since its onset
- Not better accounted for by another ICHD-3 diagnosis.