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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:

PR3.342, 1941-1954

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.342
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts and photographs relating to male staff sergeant fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: compound skull fracture; severe concussional head injury; dysphasia; left hemiparesis; unconsciousness; somnolence; attacks of fainting; and minor epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1954

PR3.363, 1941

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.363
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male private fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 21 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: fainting; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941

PR3.365, 1941

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.365
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male air fitter fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 19 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; and syncopal attack. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941

PR3.391, 1941

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.391
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male corporalfromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 20 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: fainting; amnesia; drowsiness; concussional head injury; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941

PR3.438, 1941

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.438
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to male miner fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 45 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: focal epileptic attack; headache; fainting; vertigo; paraesthesiae; hemi-hypaesthesia; giddiness; unsteady gait; weakness of limbs; concussional head injury; and neurosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941

PR3.458, 1941-1942

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.458
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male lance corporal fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 21 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: fainting; dizzy attacks; headache; concussional injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1942

PR3.530, 1942

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.530
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male chief petty officerfromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 45 at first examination in 1942 Conditions mentioned include: giddiness; fainting; headache; encysted haematoma of skull; and isolated epileptic attack. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942

PR3.546, 1942

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.546
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male aircraftman second classfromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 21 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: fainting turns; epilepsy; personality deterioration; and schizoid tendencies. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942

PR3.548, 1942-1946

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.548
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, report and charts relating to male stokerfrom Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: fainting; giddiness; papilloedema; headache; tumour; left parietal tuberculoma; chronic adhesive meningitis; optic atrophy; epilepsy; and pituitary chromophobe adenoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1946

PR3.553, 1942-1944

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.553
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male aircraftman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 29 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: attacks of faintness; nausea; vaso-vagal attacks; atrophy of frontal poles; atrophic gliosis of brain; and cicatrices. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1944