Vasodepressor syncope: the common faint.
Perianesthesia patients and families are susceptible to vasodepressor syncope. Understanding the physiological mechanisms responsible for syncope, the Bezold-Jarisch reflex, will allow the perianesthesia nurse to minimize the physical and emotional sequele of the common faint.
Fetzer
S J
SJ
University of New Hampshire, Keene, USA.
D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D016528:Postanesthesia Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology*