In this observational cross-sectional study, we investigated predictors of orthostatic intolerance (OI) in adults reporting long COVID symptoms. Participants underwent a 3-min active stand (AS) with Finapres® NOVA, followed by a 10-min unmedicated 70 ...
Ann Monaghan+7 more
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Neurovisceral phenotypes in the expression of psychiatric symptoms [PDF]
This review explores the proposal that vulnerability to psychological symptoms, particularly anxiety, originates in constitutional differences in the control of bodily state, exemplified by a set of conditions that include Joint Hypermobility, Postural ...
Aktas+132 more
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Underlying hemodynamic differences are associated with responses to tilt testing
Aim of this study was to explore whether differences in resting hemodynamic parameters may be associated with tilt test results in unexplained syncope. We analyzed age, gender, systolic (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and heart rate (HR) by merging
Artur Fedorowski+13 more
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Prohormones in the early diagnosis of cardiac syncope [PDF]
Background--The early detection of cardiac syncope is challenging. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of 4 novel prohormones, quantifying different neurohumoral pathways, possibly involved in the pathophysiological features of cardiac syncope ...
Badertscher, Patrick+36 more
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The prevalence of syncope increases with advancing age and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The diagnosis within this population can be complex due to atypical presentations, amnesia for events, absence of witnesses and the overlap
Andrea Ungar, Martina Rafanelli
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Freeze, Flight, Fight, Fright, Faint: Adaptationist Perspectives on the Acute Stress Response Spectrum [PDF]
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
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Modulation of Neurally Mediated Vasodepression and Bradycardia by Electroacupuncture through Opioids in Nucleus Tractus Solitarius. [PDF]
Stimulation of vagal afferent endings with intravenous phenylbiguanide (PBG) causes both bradycardia and vasodepression, simulating neurally mediated syncope.
Fu, Liang-Wu+3 more
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The relationship between demographic factors and syncopal symptom in pediatric vasovagal syncope
This research proposed to retrospectively analyze 20 years of clinical data and investigate the relationship between demographic factors and syncopal symptom in pediatric vasovagal syncope. A total of 2513 children, 1124 males and 1389 females, age range
Shuo Wang+9 more
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Italian Wikipedia and epilepsy: an infodemiological study of online information-seeking behavior [PDF]
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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STANDING update: A retrospective analysis in the Emergency Department one year after its validation
A structured four-step bedside algorithm, named SponTAneous Nystagmus, Direction, head Impulse test, standiNG (STANDING), has been proposed to differentiate central from peripheral acute vestibulopathy in the Emergency Department (ED).
Alice Ceccofiglio+6 more
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