Syncope - Signs and Symptoms

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  • Dizziness or light-headedness: in 70% of patients

  • In the presyncopal period: Vertigo, weakness, diaphoresis, epigastric discomfort, nausea, blurred or faded vision, pallor, or paresthesias,

  • Time duration: an average of 2.5 minutes in vasovagal syncope, only 3 seconds in arrhythmia-related cardiac syncope.

Category: Medicine Notes

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