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12756872

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-21
pubmed:abstractText
Three patients, a woman aged 62 and two men aged 22 and 77 years respectively, were admitted because of an unexplained loss of consciousness. In the woman and younger man these complaints were caused by a vasovagal reaction, and in the older man by hypersensitivity of the carotid sinus. In a hospital setting, the examination of patients with a loss of consciousness often leads to discussions between the neurologist and the cardiologist. Elaborate additional testing seldom reveals epilepsy or cardiac arrhythmia as the cause. A thorough medical history can exclude both diagnoses in almost all cases. Physicians should be aware that most patients experience a vasovagal syncope and that this might be triggered by very common circumstances. Knowledge of these triggers and the epidemiology of loss of consciousness might prevent the patients from being examined by different specialists and undergoing unnecessary additional tests.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
dut
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0028-2162
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
147
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
841-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
[A patient with an unexplained loss of consciousness: a case for the neurologist or the cardiologist?].
pubmed:affiliation
Academisch Medisch Centrum/Universiteit van Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comment, English Abstract, Case Reports