Charlin Syndrome

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Key WordsCharlin’s syndrome, Charlin-Sluder syndrome, eye pain, facial pain, headache, nasociliary ganglion, nasociliary nerve block cluster headache, nasociliary neuralgia   ICD-10 CODE G50.0 Clinical Syndrome Charlin syndrome, also known as…

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Hemicrania Continua

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Key wordsautonomic trigeminal cephalgias, chronic paroxysma hemicranias, cluster headache, hemicrania continuas, horner’s syndrome, indomethacin, indomethacin responsive headaches, sjaastad syndrome, trigeminal autonomic cephalgias, unilateral headaches   ICD-10 CODE G44.51 Clinical Syndrome…

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Supraorbital Neuralgia

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ICD-10 CODE G50.0 Clinical Syndrome The pain of supraorbital neuralgia is characterized as persistent pain in the supraorbital region and forehead with occasional sudden, shock-like paresthesias in the distribution of…

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Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania

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ICD-10 CODE R51 Clinical Syndrome Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania, which is also known as Sjaastad syndrome, shares many characteristics of its more common analogue, cluster headache, but has several important differences…

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Ice Pick Headache

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ICD-10 CODE R51 Clinical Syndrome Ice pick headache is a constellation of symptoms consisting of paroxysms of stabbing jabs and jolts that occur primarily in the first division of the…

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End-of-Life Care

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End-of-Life Care Zahir Kanjee, MD, MPH Cindy Lien, MD You admit an 88-year-old man with advanced dementia after his fourth bout of aspiration pneumonia this year. He is stabilized and…

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Frailty in Hospitalized Patients

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Frailty in Hospitalized Patients Leah Marcotte, MD Joshua M. Liao, MD, MSc You are consulted by vascular surgery on the care of an 88-year-old woman admitted to their service for…

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Hip Fracture

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Hip Fracture Neal Biddick, MD Staci Saunders, MD Zahir Kanjee, MD, MPH A 79-year-old woman with hypertension, diabetes, and chronic heart failure presents after a mechanical fall. She is admitted…

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Opiates and Opiate Use Disorder

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Opiates and Opiate Use Disorder Rachel Hensel, MD Zahir Kanjee, MD, MPH You are admitting a 57-year-old opiate-naive woman with a history of obesity and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) for…

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