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Syncope

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A transient loss of consciousness and postural tone caused by diminished blood flow to the brain (i.e., BRAIN ISCHEMIA). Presyncope refers to the sensation of lightheadedness and loss of strength that precedes a syncopal event or accompanies an incomplete syncope. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott,Use For = Fainting

Found in 292 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.13386, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13386
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 67 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cerebrovascular impairment; collapse; vomiting; exhaustion; and confusion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13978, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13978
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: meningo-myelocoele; spina bifida; congenital defects; and lower limb paresis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14179, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14179
Scope and Contents

Note, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 67 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: fainting; dysarthria; tremor; arterial hypertension; and arteriosclerotic changes in basal ganglia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14180, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14180
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: fractured skull; head injury; fainting; and haemorrhagic destruction of frontal lobes. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14188, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14188
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: fainting; vaso-vagal attacks; and anxiety state. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14352, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14352
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: attacks of loss of consciousness; and vasomotor syncope. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14365, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14365
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: attacks of syncope; aortic stenosis; and diastolic hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14375, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14375
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: fainting attacks; and epileptic attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14522, 1954-1966

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14522
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: ophthalmic artery aneurysm; dimness of vision; haematoma; eclipse scotoma; headache; vomiting; intracranial haemorrhage; subarachnoid haemorrhage; fainting attacks; hemiparesis; weakness; hypertension; and coronary thrombois. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1966

PR2.14842, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14842
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: fainting; dysarthria; and facio-brachial paresis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955