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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National study of medications associated with injury in elderly Medicare/Medicaid dual enrollees during 2003. Objectives: To address the association between inappropriate prescribing...	21st November, 2009	Office of Research, Development, and Information, Centers for Medicare &	J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2009 November-December 1;49(6):751-759. DOI Direct Link
[Case of neurocardiogenic syncope with asystole during insertion of epidural catheter] A 25-year-old healthy woman was scheduled for enucleatic myomectomy under...	18th November, 2009	Department of Anesthesia, Kawasaki Municipal Tama Hospital, Kawasaki	Masui. 2009 Sep;58(9):1154-7.
[Psychopathology and personality in patients with vasovagal syncope] Syncope is characterized by a sudden and brief Loss of the normal state of...	12th November, 2009	Psicologa Clinica y Psicoterapeuta del Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia	Arch Cardiol Mex. 2009 Jul-Sep;79(3):207-11.
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