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Theoretical Bases of Clinical Medicine 2-3
Learning outcomes
TBL LESSON #13 Lucie Grabačová – Headaches [Eva Vlčková]
Upon completion of this learning unit, the student will be able to:
• list the most significant types of primary and secondary headaches.
• describe the clinical picture and possibilities of diagnostics and therapy for the most common types
of primary and secondary headaches, and ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
• identify the most significant data from medical history and objective clinical neurological findings
allowing the differentiation of various types of headaches.
• define high-risk clinical pictures that alert clinicians to the possibility of a serious cause of a patient's
headache
• apply knowledge to distinguish different types of headaches.
• use the information obtained to choose an appropriate approach for a patient with a change in the
character of headache.
• combine acquired knowledge with information from open sources to design an optimal prophylactic
therapy for primary headaches.
• plan an appropriate solution for the occurrence of possible adverse effects of drugs - utilizing open
sources.
• list risk factors for ischemic and hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accidents.