Fainting

Fainting, also called syncope , is a sudden, and generally momentary, loss of consciousness, or blacking out caused by the Central Ischaemic Response, because of a lack of sufficient blood and oxygen in the brain. The first symptoms a person feels before fainting are dizziness; a dimming of vision, or brownout; tinnitus; and feeling hot. Moments later, the person's vision turns black, and he or she drops to the floor . If the person is unable to slump from the position to a near horizontal position, he or she risks dying of the Suspension trauma effect. (From the Wikpedia article Fainting.)

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Recent Publications on Fainting:
Small Heart Syndrome in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. BACKGROUND: Small heart syndrome has previously been reported as...	19th July, 2008	Division of Internal Medicine, Fukuda General Hospital, Osaka.	Clin Cardiol. 2008 Jul 17;31(7):328-333. DOI Direct Link
Symptomatic hyponatremia in association with a low-iodine diet and levothyroxine withdrawal prior to i(131) in patients with metastatic thyroid carcinoma. Background: Strategies to improve I(131) uptake in thyroid carcinoma...	18th July, 2008	Endocrinology and Metabolism Department, National Naval Medical Center,	Thyroid. 2008 Jul;18(7):787-92. DOI Direct Link
Heterotopic pregnancy with spontaneous intrauterine conception: A rare clinical entity with diagnostic dilemma. Twenty-one years old primigravida presented to emergency with amenorrhoea...	8th July, 2008	Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tribhuvan University Teaching	Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ). 2008 Jan-Mar;6(1):105-8.
Perceptions and priorities of owners of dogs with heart disease regarding quality versus quantity of life for their pets. OBJECTIVE: To describe the relative importance of pets' quality versus...	3rd July, 2008	Department of Clinical Studies-Philadelphia, School of Veterinary	J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2008 Jul 1;233(1):104-8. DOI Direct Link
Hormone-inactive pituitary macroadenoma: an uncommon cause for the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis. A 76-year-old patient was admitted with dizzy spells and fainting....	1st July, 2008	Department of Medicine, Medical Clinic B, University Hospital, Basel,	Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. 2008 May;116(5):268-71.
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Lung cancer benefit at Palaia Vineyards	Strausnews:  Jul 18 2008 4:18PM Matching: fainting
Lung cancer benefit at Palaia Vineyards July 26 and 27	Strausnews:  Jul 12 2008 6:16AM Matching: fainting
Doctors to the rescue	Anasthesia UK:  Jul 3 2008 9:08AM Matching: fainting
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In This Issue	The Medical Journal of Australia:  Jun 15 2008 2:27PM Matching: fainting
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Fainting Clinical Trials:
Validation of the San Francisco Syncope Rule	Syncope;   Near Syncope

Fainting Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7177680	Field stimulation about a discontinuity of the myocardium to capture the heart at reduced pacing thresholds
7273200	Safety equipment for building sites
7277747	Arrhythmia memory for tachyarrhythmia discrimination
7277757	Respiratory nerve stimulation
7279340	Synthesis and application of procainamide analogs for use in an immunoassay
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