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Acute pain presentations
A young woman with an acute migraine attack
Abstract
This section focuses on the immediate management and investigation of an acute pain presentation in general practice.
Key Points
How do you manage this patient who presents with a severe unilateral headache of 12 hours’ duration, preceded by visual aura and associated with nausea, not responding to paracetamol, ibuprofen or rest?
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