Skip to main content

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:

PR3.1323, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1323
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male airman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 18 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: mild post-concussional syndrome; isolated fainting attack; fissure fracture of skull; and paraesthesiae. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR3.1501, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1501
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: mental deficiency ("dullness"); hysterical amnesia; chronic otitis media; and syncopal attack. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR3.1549, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1549
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, chart, notes and report relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 28 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: crushing injury of leg; unconsciousness; fainting; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR3.1557, 1944-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1557
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, correspondence and charts relating to male psychiatrist from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 31 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: compression of spinal cord from a ruptured cervical intervertebral disc; diplopia; and syncopal attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1948

PR3.1676, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1676
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from outside Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 40 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: right hemiplegia; aphasia; and fainting. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR3.1689, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1689
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 26 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound; bone defect; hypertonus in legs; and attacks of giddiness and loss of consciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR3.1889, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1889
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male airman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: anxiety neurosis; and vasovagal syndrome. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR3.1935, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1935
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: vasomotor syncope. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR3.2159, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.2159
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and black-and-white photographs relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: Sturge-Weber Syndrome; epileptic attacks; mild headache; and fainting. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948

PR4.1095, 1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1095
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: hypertension; headache; vasospasm; and fainting. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937