The transient nature of syncope makes its evaluation challenging. After an initial history, physical examination, and electrocardiogram, the cause of syncope can remain unexplained in up to 47% of ...

Syncope is most common in the young and the old, with an incidence peak at around 15 years of age, particularly in women; subsequently, there is a progressive increase in frequency over the age of ...

Fainting takes different forms, a heart doctor says; a drop in blood pressure can cause it – or it can be a sign of a serious condition.

This reaction is known as a vasovagal syncope episode, also known as fainting. Vasovagal syncope is a temporary loss of consciousness. The vasovagal response, in which your blood pressure suddenly ...

A 41-year-old man was evaluated for swelling in the ankles and syncope. CT of the chest showed bilateral mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy, as well as an 8-mm nodule in the right lower lobe.

Vasovagal syncope is the medical term for the most benign kind of fainting, i.e. simple fainting without a serious underlying ...

THE SPECIFIC DIAGNOSIS SYNCOPE, ACCORDING TO UNMC DOCTOR DANIEL ANDERSON’S TESTIMONY, SYNCOPE MEANS A RHYTHMIC CHANGE WHERE SOMEONE PASSES OUT OR COULD FAINT. ANDERSSON TESTIFIED CARLSON IS A ...

Researchers compare GAD-7 with clinical identification as a means of anxiety screening among adolescent syncope patients.

VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE, OR SPONTANEOUS FAINTING AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. PROSECUTORS THEN HAD A REBUTTAL, SAYING THE DEFENSE IS TRYING TO DISTRACT THE JURY FROM THE CASE, BLAMING EVERYONE BUT THEIR ...

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