Loss of Consciousness in Syncope - Differential Diagnosis ...

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Loss of Consciousness in Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Framework



Syncopal causes:

• Orthostatic syncope

• Reflex syncope

• Cardiac arrhythmia

• Structural cardiopulmonary disease



Nonsyncopal causes:

• Seizure

• Intoxication

• Metabolic disturbance (including hypoglycemia)

• Psychiatric conditions that result in pseudosyncope



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Ravi Singh K

@rav7ks

Academic Hospitalist and Associate Program Director @SinaiBmoreIMRes,  Medicine clerkship director GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences RMC at Sinai, Hopkins Medicine Clerkship Site Director, Clinical reasoning,Simulation and POCUS enthusiast - https://twitter.com/rav7ks

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