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Heart rate variability in patients with recurrent syncope
Introduction: The autonomic nervous system participates in the pathophysiology of vasovagal syncope. The disturbances in the autonomic nervous system can be measured by heart rate variability (HRV).
Jan Henryk Goch, Małgorzata Lelonek
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Tilt Test in Elderly Patients with Syncope of Unknown Etiology: Experience with Pharmacological Stimulation with Nitroglycerin [PDF]
Está demonstrado o papel do teste de inclinação na avaliação de doentes com síncope de causa não esclarecida. Nos idosos, a prevalência de episódios sincopais aumenta, associa-se a pior prognóstico e, frequentemente, implica o recurso a múltiplos exames ...
Antunes, E +8 more
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ABSTRACT Background Anxiety, pain and medical emergencies are crucial concepts in the dental field. Dental students need training, but little is known of their competence on these topics. Aim The aim of this study was to assess the current state of Italian dental students' preparation for, attitudes to, and perceptions of medical emergency, anxiety and
Niccolò Giuseppe Armogida +6 more
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Human brain evolution and the "Neuroevolutionary Time-depth Principle:" Implications for the Reclassification of fear-circuitry-related traits in DSM-V and for studying resilience to warzone-related posttraumatic stress disorder. [PDF]
The DSM-III, DSM-IV, DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10 have judiciously minimized discussion of etiologies to distance clinical psychiatry from Freudian psychoanalysis.
Bracha, Dr. H. Stefan
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Evaluating Tolerance Levels of Dental Students in King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
ABSTRACT Objective The spectrum of socio‐economic backgrounds can lead to an unpredictable range of social interactions between patients and prospective dentists. Tolerance is essential for patient relationships and conflict resolution, making it a topic of significant scientific and practical importance.
Ghada H. Naguib +7 more
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Non-pharmacological methods of treatment and prevention of vasovagal syncope
Fainting is a transient loss of consciousness resulting from a momentary ischemia of the central nervous system. One type of syncope is vasovagal syncope, otherwise known as reflex or neurogenic syncope. The consequence of fainting may be a fallen injury.
Aleksandra Białkowska +8 more
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Coronary artery spasm and non-Q-wave myocardial infarction following intravenous ephedrine in two healthy women under spinal anaesthesia [PDF]
Vasovagal episodes occur frequently in young healthy patients undergoing venous cannulation and loco-regional anaesthesia. We report two cases of severe coronary vasospasm and non-Qwave infarction in healthy young women after administration of ephedrine ...
Eberli, F. R. +3 more
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Defying gravity: Breath, beat and brain
Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Shigehiko Ogoh, Damian Miles Bailey
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ABSTRACT We report a case of a 41‐year‐old man with recurrent nocturnal ventricular asystole secondary to advanced atrioventricular (AV) block, which was successfully treated with ganglionated plexus (GP) ablation based on the presumption of excessive vagal tone. This approach may offer a potential alternative for vagally mediated nocturnal AV block in
Caihong Guo +3 more
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Recurrent syncope — abrupt loss of consciousness — can have a serious impact on patients’ quality of life, comparable with chronic illnesses. Vasovagal syncope (VVS) is a specific reflex syncope, in which an inappropriate reaction of the autonomic ...
Danuta Makowiec +2 more
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