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Syncope

 Subject

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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:

PR2.21041, 1959-1961

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21041
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: parkinsonism; tremor in left arm and hand; mask-like face; and collapsing. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1961
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

PR2.21269, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21269
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: syncope; unconsciousness; and nausea. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)