Severe headache with increasing severity

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A 55-year-old patient is admitted to your unit from the emergency department with dizziness and a severe headache with increasing severity over the past 6 hours. Her current vital signs are temperature 37.4 C, pulse 108 bpm, respirations 24 per minute, and blood pressure 189/106. In the handoff the nurse reports that the patient vomited about 30 minutes ago.

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