book_title | section_heading | file_path | line_start | line_end | snippet -----------+-----------------+-----------+------------+----------+--------- Braunwald’s Heart Disease, 2 Vol Set A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine | Syncope, Presyncope, and Altered Level of Consciousness | /textbooks/9780323722193/9780323722193_block5.md | 1772 | 1772 | ...The etiologies >>>of<<< true >>>syncope<<< are varied with similarly diverse prognoses. The unheralded >>>loss<<< >>>of<<< >>>consciousness<<< in any patient, even if benign from the >>>cardiac<<< perspective, can be dangerous depending... Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine 22E (2025, McGraw Hill Medical) | Section 3 | /textbooks/9781265977061/9781265977061_block3.md | 523 | 528 | ...Other causes >>>of<<< transient >>>loss<<< >>>of<<< >>>consciousness<<< need to be distinguished from >>>syncope<<<; these include seizures, vertebrobasilar ischemia, hypoxemia, and hypo glycemia. A syncopal prodrome (presyncope) is common, although >>>loss<<<... ROSEN's Emergency medicine Concepts and clinical practice | KEY CONCEPTS | /textbooks/9780323757898/9780323757898_block2.md | 1763 | 1771 | ...>>>loss<<< >>>of<<< >>>consciousness<<<. Most syncopal episodes have benign causes, but serious underlying conditions are possible. The causes >>>of<<< >>>syncope<<< can be organized into the following three categories: (i) >>>cardiac<<<, (ii... ROSEN's Emergency medicine Concepts and clinical practice | Pathophysiology | /textbooks/9780323757898/9780323757898_block2.md | 1792 | 1794 | >>>Syncope<<< is defined as a transient, spontaneous >>>loss<<< >>>of<<< >>>consciousness<<< and postural tone with rapid, complete, and spontaneous recovery, caused by global cerebral hypoperfusion, generally from a drop in >>>cardiac<<<... Fuster and Hurst's The Heart, 15th Edition | CAUSES OF SYNCOPE | /textbooks/9781264257560/9781264257560_block12.md | 1128 | 1131 | ...to have episodes despite adequate anticonvulsant therapy.7 It is also important to differentiate between >>>syncope<<< and >>>cardiac<<< arrest. In the latter, there is >>>loss<<< >>>of<<< >>>consciousness<<< without spontaneous recovery. Bradley and Daroff's Neurology in Clinical Practice | Miscellaneous Causes of Syncope | /textbooks/9780323642613/9780323642613_block1.md | 461 | 463 | ...Situational >>>syncope<<<, such as is associated with cough (tussive >>>syncope<<<) and micturition, are special cases >>>of<<< reflex >>>syncope<<<. In cough >>>syncope<<<, >>>loss<<< >>>of<<< >>>consciousness<<< occurs after a paroxysm >>>of<<< severe... Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine A Comprehensive Study | EPIDEMIOLOGY | /textbooks/9781260019933/9781260019933_block10.md | 3837 | 3844 | ...progressing to >>>loss<<< >>>of<<< >>>consciousness<<<, requires glucose administration to terminate >>>of<<< adolescents experience at least one episode >>>of<<< >>>syncope<<<.5 Only 10% to 15% >>>of<<< patients evaluated... Symptom to Diagnosis An Evidence Based Guide, Fourth Edition | CONSTRUCTING A DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS | /textbooks/9781260121117/9781260121117_block5.md | 7020 | 7037 | ...include prior history >>>of<<< >>>syncope<<<, situation (triggers), activity preceding >>>syncope<<<, body position, prodrome, associated symptoms (nausea, abdominal pain), prior volume >>>loss<<<, memory >>>of<<< subsequent events.* *2Clues that suggest >>>cardiac<<< >>>syncope<<<*