5.2.2 Persistent headache attributed to mild traumatic injury to the headHartmut Gobel2018-02-06T10:28:14+00:00
Diagnostic criteria:
- Headache fulfilling criteria for 5.2 Persistent headache attributed to traumatic injury to the head
- Head injury fulfilling both of the following:
- associated with none of the following:
- – loss of consciousness for >30 minutes
- – Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score <13
- – post-traumatic amnesia lasting >24 hours1
- – 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 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 head injury
- – two or more of the following 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:
Note:
The duration of post-traumatic amnesia is defined as the time between head injury and resumption of normal continuous recall of events.