Syncope: features of impending blackout

Evidence-based neurology checklist on syncope: features of impending blackout: Cranial features Blurred vision Staring fixed gaze Pupillary dilatation Hearing loss Vertigo Respiratory features Autonomic features Cognitive and behavioural features Other features

Cranial features

  • Blurred vision
  • Staring fixed gaze
  • Pupillary dilatation
  • Hearing loss
  • Vertigo

Respiratory features

Autonomic features

Cognitive and behavioural features

Other features

References

  1. Wieling W, Thijs RD, van Dijk N, Wilde AAM, Benditt DG, van Dijk JG. Symptoms and signs of syncope: a review of the link between physiology and clinical clues. Brain 2009; 132:2630-2642.
  2. Guida P, Iacoviello M, Forleo C, et al. Prevalence, timing, and haemodynamic correlates of prodromes in patients with vasovagal syncope induced by head-up tilt test. Europace 2009; 11:1221-1226.

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