The scenario
A patient presents with severe headache and suspected sphenoid sinusitis; the flowchart guides emergency evaluation to detect cavernous sinus thrombosis and meningitis.
What is in this drawing
Read the decisions behind it.
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Whether red flag symptoms warrant emergency evaluation
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Whether imaging shows intracranial complication
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Which complication type (cavernous sinus thrombosis, meningitis, abscess) directs initial treatment
Use in emergency departments and urgent care when sphenoid sinusitis is suspected with neurologic symptoms or severe headache, to avoid missing intracranial spread.
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