Syncope, collapse and syncope-like events - pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapysyncopevasovagalreflex-mediatedheart diseasediagnosisSyncope (fainting or fit) is a clinical presentation commonly encountered in veterinary practice. Witnessing a syncopal event can be a very dramatic experience for an owner...
Manner in which collapse happened External appearance of individual Estimated duration of loss of consciousness Physical movements noted Any breathing changes seen Associated trauma Preexisting medical conditions: Structural heart disease: Ischemic heart disease Valvular heart disease Congenital heart disease...
The reproduction of patient symptoms may not only provide adiagnosis, but also offer some comfort to the patient and family in that the medical team has documented the basis of symptoms and are thereby positioned to address therapy.Die Kipptischuntersuchung (KTU) wird seit Langem genutzt, um ...
The author provides information on syncope, a sudden and temporary loss of consciousness usually resulting in collapse from loss of muscle tone. He notes that syncope is a symptom, not a diagnosis and adds that the causes of syncope can be elusive ...
For admitted patients, the most common hospital discharge diagnosis was the symptomatic diagnosis of "syncope and collapse" (36.4%). Despite substantial efforts by medical researchers and professional societies, resource utilization associated with ED visits for syncope appears to have actually increased....
Animals, materials and methods Medical records of 23 client-owned dogs that were presented for evaluation of syncope, collapse, or intermittent weakness were retrospectively reviewed. Results Recurrent syncope occurred in 13/23 (57%) and a positive diagnosis of the cause of the event was made in...
To capture all potential patients, any referral including the words fall, collapse, seizure, syncope, LoC, cardiac arrest or blackout were screened. Patients who did not have TLoC were excluded based on prespecified criteria. The remaining patient records were evaluated against the 2010 NICE guide...
This is particularly the case in people taken to hospital following a collapse, where a witness account is not always available.We aim to investigate the usefulness of EEG in the assessment of unexplained TLOC in a large, unselected group of patients presenting in an emergency department. We ...