[blackouts] Flashcards
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neurocardiogenic syncope
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bradycardia
(+- peripheral vasodilation)
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emotion
pain
standing too long
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nausea
pallor
sweating
closing in of visual fields
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Cough
Effort
Micturition
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Carotid sinus syncope
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hypersensitive baroreceptors = excessive bradycardia and dilation
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lying down
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Epileptic
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epilepsy
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epilepsy
(possible vasovagal)
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decreased/drowsiness
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Transient anrrythmia
(i.e. bradycardia due to complete heart block)
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no warning (perhaps palpitations)
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seconds
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stoke adams
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old
women
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legs
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T
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benign
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none - resolves spontaneously
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Stoke adams
drop attack
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hydrocephalus
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cerebral hypoperfusion, reflex anoxic convulsion
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[blackouts]: how can you distinguish between epileptic jerking and twitching from hypoperfusion
Only epileptic jerking has a tonic phase (contraction) prior to the clonic (cyclic relax/contract)
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[blackouts]: If the patient is 'sleepy' what may be the cause of the drop attack
narcolepsy
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[blackouts]: ... may cause blackout, but rare in non-diabetics
hypoglycaemia
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[blackouts]: inadequate vasomotor reflexes can cause ... which causes blackout
orthostatic hypotension
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[blackouts]: how would a panic attack present (2)
Hyperventilation
light headedness
30
[blackouts]: do you LOC in panic attacks
no
31
[blackouts]: During eating, cyanotic suggests
choking
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[blackouts]: cyanosis suggests (2)
epilepsy
choking
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[blackouts]: paleness during a flushing post suggests
stoke adams
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[blackouts]: who and in what circumstances does micturition syncope occur
Men
at night
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[blackouts]: amnesia post LOC suggests
epilepsy
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[blackouts]: drop attacks may be due to cataplexy. what is this
muscle weakness from strong emotions
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[blackouts]: muscle ache post attack suggests
epilepsy (tonic clonic)
