Headache attributed to head and/or neck trauma

Acute post-traumatic headache attributed to moderate or severe head injury
  1. Headache, no typical characteristics known, fulfilling criteria C and D
  2. Head trauma with at least one of the following:
    1. loss of consciousness for >30 minutes
    2. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) <13
    3. post-traumatic amnesia for >48 hours
    4. imaging demonstration of a traumatic brain lesion (cerebral haematoma, intracerebral and/or subarachnoid haemorrhage, brain contusion and/or skull fracture)
  3. Headache develops within 7 days after head trauma or after regaining consciousness following head trauma
  4. One or other of the following:
    1. headache resolves within 3 months after head trauma
    2. headache persists but 3 months have not yet passed since head trauma
Acute post-traumatic headache attributed to mild head injury

  1. Headache, no typical characteristics known, fulfilling criteria C and D
  2. Head trauma with all the following:
    1. either no loss of consciousness, or loss of consciousness of <30 minutes' duration
    2. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) ≥13
    3. symptoms and/or signs diagnostic of concussion
  3. Headache develops within 7 days after head trauma
  4. One or other of the following:
    1. headache resolves within 3 months after head trauma
    2. headache persists but 3 months have not yet passed since head trauma

Chronic post-traumatic headache attributed to moderate or severe head injury

  1. Headache, no typical characteristics known, fulfilling criteria C and D
  2. Head trauma with at least one of the following:
    1. loss of consciousness for >30 minutes
    2. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) <13
    3. post-traumatic amnesia for >48 hours
    4. imaging demonstration of a traumatic brain lesion (cerebral haematoma, intracerebral and/or subarachnoid haemorrhage, brain contusion and/or skull fracture)
  3. Headache develops within 7 days after head trauma or after regaining consciousness following head trauma
  4. Headache persists for >3 months after head trauma
Chronic post-traumatic headache attributed to mild head injury
  1. Headache, no typical characteristics known, fulfilling criteria C and D
  2. Head trauma with all the following:
    1. either no loss of consciousness, or loss of consciousness of <30 minutes' duration
    2. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) ≥13
    3. symptoms and/or signs diagnostic of concussion
  3. Headache develops within 7 days after head trauma
  4. Headache persists for >3 months after head trauma 
Acute headache attributed to whiplash injury 
  1. Headache, no typical characteristics known, fulfilling criteria C and D
  2. History of whiplash (sudden and significant acceleration/deceleration movement of the neck) associated at the time with neck pain
  3. Headache develops within 7 days after whiplash injury
  4. One or other of the following:
    1. headache resolves within 3 months after whiplash injury
    2. headache persists but 3 months have not yet passed since whiplash injury
Chronic headache attributed to whiplash injury
  1. Headache, no typical characteristics known, fulfilling criteria C and D
  2. History of whiplash (sudden and significant acceleration/deceleration movement of the neck) associated at the time with neck pain
  3. Headache develops within 7 days after whiplash injury
  4. Headache persists for >3 months after whiplash injury
Headache attributed to epidural haematoma
  1. Acute-onset headache, no other typical characteristics known, fulfilling criteria C and D
  2. Neuroimaging evidence of epidural haematoma
  3. Headache develops within minutes to 24 hours after development of the haematoma
  4. One or other of the following:
    1. headache resolves within 3 months after evacuation of the haematoma
    2. headache persists but 3 months have not yet passed since evacuation of the haematoma
Headache attributed to subdural haematoma
  1. Acute or progressive headache, no other typical characteristics known, fulfilling criteria C and D
  2. Neuroimaging evidence of subdural haematoma
  3. Headache develops within 24-72 hours after development of the haematoma
  4. One or other of the following:
    1. headache resolves within 3 months after evacuation of the haematoma
    2. headache persists but 3 months have not yet passed since evacuation of the haematoma
 
Acute headache attributed to other head and/or neck trauma 
  1. Headache, no typical characteristics known, fulfilling criteria C and D
  2. Evidence of head and/or neck trauma of a type not described above
  3. Headache develops in close temporal relation to, and/or other evidence exists to establish a causal relationship with, the head and/or neck trauma
  4. One or other of the following:
    1. headache resolves within 3 months after the head and/or neck trauma
    2. headache persists but 3 months have not yet passed since the head and/or neck trauma
Chronic headache attributed to other head and/or neck trauma 
  1. Headache, no typical characteristics known, fulfilling criteria C and D
  2. Evidence of head and/or neck trauma of a type not described above
  3. Headache develops in close temporal relation to, and/or other evidence exists to establish a causal relationship with, the head and/or neck trauma
  4. Headache persists for >3 months after the head and/or neck trauma
Acute post-craniotomy headache
  1. Headache of variable intensity, maximal in the area of the craniotomy, fulfilling criteria C and D
  2. Craniotomy performed for a reason other than head trauma
  3. Headache develops within 7 days after craniotomy
  4. One or other of the following:
    1. eadache resolves within 3 months after craniotomy
    2. headache persists but 3 months have not yet passed since craniotom
 Chronic post-craniotomy headache
  1. Headache of variable intensity, maximal in the area of the craniotomy, fulfilling criteria C and D
  2. Craniotomy performed for a reason other than head trauma
  3. Headache develops within 7 days after craniotomy
  4. Headache persists for >3 months after craniotomy