Women's health · History

Headache after the birth

Easy

8 min station · 2 min reading · Notre Dame Year 1

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2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement on the postnatal ward. Your next patient is Marites Reyes, 31, two days after giving birth, presenting with a headache since yesterday.

  1. Take a full history

  • You do not need to examine the patient or give a diagnosis
  • You do not need to summarise your findings to the examiner
  • The examiner will ask you questions at the end.