Question 9 (part 2) · LDEK · Cardiac emergencies
Vascular causes of syncope include:
1) vasovagal syncope.
2) hypovolemia.
3) glossopharyngeal neuralgia.
4) situational syncope, e.g. during coughing.
5) carotid sinus hypersensitivity.
The correct answer is:
2) hypovolemia.
3) glossopharyngeal neuralgia.
4) situational syncope, e.g. during coughing.
5) carotid sinus hypersensitivity.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2,3.
- B. 2,3,4.
- C. 3,4,5.
- D. 1,4,5.
- E. all of the above.
Hint
Group syncope by mechanism: reflex and orthostatic forms are vascular, while arrhythmias and structural heart disease are cardiac.
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