| Title | Adolescent asystolic syncope. | | Author(s) | Shore PM, Painter M | | Institution | Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. | | Source | J Child Neurol 2002 May; 17(5):395-7. | | MeSH | Adolescent
Anoxemia
Brain
Cerebrovascular Circulation
Cyanosis
Electrocardiography
Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic
Female
Heart Rate
Humans
Oxygen
Respiration Disorders
Syncope
Systole
| | Abstract | When the etiology of syncope is considered, age is a major parameter. Breath-holding spells are thought of as an entity of early childhood, whereas neurogenic syncope is limited to older children and adults. Both entities, however, involve a similar derangement of the autonomic nervous system. We report an adolescent with a history of breath-holding spells presenting to our institution with neurogenic syncope. Her response to vagal stimulation is consistent with that seen by other investigators in both entities. We propose that pallid breath-holding spells and neurogenic syncope are the same entity. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 12150591 |
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