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This is a classical history of a subarachnoid haemorrhage with a sudden-onset occipital headache and a risk factor of polycystic kidney disease. This should be urgently managed with surgical treatments like coiling and clipping, but patients should also be given nimodipine in the interim to prevent vasospasm.
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Nimodipine
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This is a classical history of a subarachnoid haemorrhage with a sudden-onset occipital headache and a risk factor of polycystic kidney disease. This should be urgently managed with surgical treatments like coiling and clipping, but patients should also be given nimodipine in the interim to prevent vasospasm. Amlodipine is a calcium-channel blocker like nimodipine and is used to manage hypertension. However, it is not routinely administered to prevent vasospasm in subarachnoid haemorrhages.
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Amlodipine
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This is a classical history of a subarachnoid haemorrhage with a sudden-onset occipital headache and a risk factor of polycystic kidney disease. This should be urgently managed with surgical treatments like coiling and clipping, but patients should also be given nimodipine in the interim to prevent vasospasm. Losartan is an angiotensin-II receptor blocker used to manage hypertension. This has no role in the management of subarachnoid haemorrhages.
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Losartan
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This is a classical history of a subarachnoid haemorrhage with a sudden-onset occipital headache and a risk factor of polycystic kidney disease. This should be urgently managed with surgical treatments like coiling and clipping, but patients should also be given nimodipine in the interim to prevent vasospasm. Furosemide is a loop diuretic used to manage oedema. It has no role in the management of subarachnoid haemorrhages.
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Furosemide
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This is a classical history of a subarachnoid haemorrhage with a sudden-onset occipital headache and a risk factor of polycystic kidney disease. This should be urgently managed with surgical treatments like coiling and clipping, but patients should also be given nimodipine in the interim to prevent vasospasm. Ramipril is an ACE-inhibitor used to manage hypertension. It has no role in the management of subarachnoid haemorrhages.
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Ramipril
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A 43-year-old woman presents to A&E with a severe sudden-onset headache towards the back of her head. She has vomited once since arriving at the hospital. She has a past medical history of polycystic kidney disease.

Which medication should be given to this patient?
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