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Freeze, Flight, Fight, Fright, Faint: Adaptationist Perspectives on the Acute Stress Response Spectrum [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This article reviews the existing evolutionary perspectives on the acute stress response habitual faintness and blood-injection-injury type-specific phobia (BIITS phobia). In this article, an alternative evolutionary perspective, based on recent advances
Bracha, Dr. H. Stefan
core   +1 more source

Syncope: Assessment of risk and an approach to evaluation in the emergency department and urgent care clinic

open access: yesIndian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal, 2015
Syncope is among the most frequent forms of transient loss of consciousness (TLOC), and is characterized by a relatively brief and self-limited loss of consciousness that by definition is triggered by transient cerebral hypoperfusion. Most often, syncope
Baris Akdemir   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Italian Wikipedia and epilepsy: an infodemiological study of online information-seeking behavior [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Wikipedia is the most commonly accessed source of health information by both healthcare professionals and the lay public worldwide. We aimed to evaluate information-seeking behavior of Internet users searching the Italian Wikipedia for articles related ...
Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi   +8 more
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Clinical and molecular characterization of a cardiac ryanodine receptor founder mutation causing catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a difficult-to-diagnose cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD). We identified a family of 1400 individuals with multiple cases of CPVT, including 36 SCDs during youth.
Allegue, Catarina   +12 more
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Syncope

open access: yesJournal of Intensive Care Medicine, 2014
Syncope is common representing approximately 3% of ED visits and up to 6% of hospital admissions, with a cost close to 2 billion dollars per year. Diagnostic testing is often poorly sensitive and evaluations commonly lack a standardized approach. A mindful and systematic approach can increase sensitivity and improve diagnostic accuracy.
Jordan C, Ray   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Acceptability of non-drug therapies in older people with orthostatic hypotension: a qualitative study

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2018
Background Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is highly prevalent in older populations. It is associated with a reduced quality of life and an increased risk of dementia, stroke and death.
Lisa J. Robinson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Postprandial Hypotension due to a Lack of Sympathetic Compensation in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Postprandial hypotension is an important hemodynamic abnormality in diabetes mellitus, but few reports are available on the relationship between autonomic dysfunction and postprandial hypotension.
Katayama, Yusuke   +7 more
core   +1 more source

The Impact of a Nurse‐Led Syncope Clinic: Experience from a single UK tertiary center

open access: yesJournal of Arrhythmia, 2020
Background Syncope is a leading cause of hospital admission and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Our Syncope Clinic commenced in 2014 and we sought to evaluate its impact on outcomes (1‐yr mortality and syncope re‐hospitalization ...
Ahmed M. Adlan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Age Is a Predictor for the Syncope Recurrence in Elderly Vasovagal Syncope Patients With a Positive Head-Up Tilt Test

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Background: Valid predictors of the syncope recurrence in vasovagal syncope (VVS) patients with a positive head-up tilt test (HUTT) are currently lacking.
Yongjuan Guo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Raman‐based label‐free microscopic analysis of the pancreas in living zebrafish larvae

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Forward stimulated Raman scattering (F‐SRS) and epi coherent anti‐Stokes Raman scattering (E‐CARS) allow label‐free discrimination of distinct subcellular structures in the pancreas of living zebrafish larvae. Given the straightforward applicability, we anticipate broad implementation of Raman microscopy in other organs and across various biomedical ...
Noura Faraj   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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