[Pre-syncope and syncope at the operating table--diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities].
Standing in long-lasting operations can be a trigger for neurocardiogenic syncopes for the personal in the operating theatre. We report on a 37-year-old surgeon who suffered since childhood from more than 100 syncopes and presyncopes. That was the reason for him to think of giving up his profession. The head-up tilt-test proved the mechanism of a neurocardiogenic syncope. No further syncope has occurred for 16 months during the therapy with theophyllin.
Keim
M W
MW
Medizinische Klinik, Universität Tübingen.
Heck
K F
KF
Hust
M H
MH
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D013575:Syncope / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D013806:Theophylline / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018667:Tilt-Table Test; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage
D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D013806:Theophylline
Präsynkopen und Synkopen am Operationstisch--diagnostische und therapeutische Möglichkeiten.