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Syncope: Who Needs Imaging? Who Needs Admission?
- Source :
- Neurologic Emergencies ISBN: 9783319645216
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Springer International Publishing, 2017.
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Abstract
- A 60-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) by EMS with a report of sudden collapse while running a road race. It is a hot summer day, and he was at mile 5 of a 10 K race when he suddenly collapsed. He was helped up by bystanders after a report of roughly 1 min of unconsciousness. He has scrapes on his knees and elbows from the fall to pavement but is only complaining of fatigue. He is awake and alert, with mild tachycardia, a normal blood pressure, and a normal neurological exam. His respiratory rate is normal and he is afebrile. His skin is pale and warm, with some mild sweat. He reports that he has a history of hypertension and non-insulin-dependent diabetes. He takes metformin for the latter, but cannot recall his antihypertensive medication name. EMS has started a peripheral IV en route and given him 500 cm3 of normal saline. They report that a 12 lead ECG showed sinus tachycardia without any features concerning for arrhythmia or ischemia.
- Subjects :
- Tachycardia
Respiratory rate
Sinus tachycardia
business.industry
Unconsciousness
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
Emergency department
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
medicine.disease
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Blood pressure
Diabetes mellitus
Anesthesia
medicine
medicine.symptom
business
Collapse (medical)
Subjects
Details
- ISBN :
- 978-3-319-64521-6
- ISBNs :
- 9783319645216
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Neurologic Emergencies ISBN: 9783319645216
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........95771493185afabec6b4cd2737a71b8d
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64523-0_5