title: Onset of sweating depends on the type of reflex syncope.
abstract: Reflex syncope is classified based on the efferent autonomic system as vasodepressant type, cardioinhibitory type and mixed type. We employed quantitative sweat testing to assess differences in sudomotor sympathetic activity in relation to the type of reflex syncope. In cardioinhibitory type sweating started in 7/9 patients after and in vasodepressor type in 11/12 patients before syncope. In mixed type sweating in 20 patients started before and in 10 after syncope. The onset of sweating correlated significantly with the onset of syncope symptoms. These results possibly reflect different onsets of emotional sweating.
authors.affiliation: Autonomic Unit, Department for Neurology and Psychiatry, General Hospital of the City of Linz, Krankenhausstr. 9, A-4020 Linz, Austria. Electronic address: Walter.Struhal@akh.linz.at.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Struhal
authors.affiliation: Autonomic Unit, Department for Neurology and Psychiatry, General Hospital of the City of Linz, Krankenhausstr. 9, A-4020 Linz, Austria. Electronic address: antonija.mismas@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Antonija
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mišmaš
authors.affiliation: Autonomic Unit, Department for Neurology and Psychiatry, General Hospital of the City of Linz, Krankenhausstr. 9, A-4020 Linz, Austria. Electronic address: Matthias.Kirchmayr@akh.linz.at.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kirchmayr
authors.affiliation: Autonomic Unit, Department for Neurology and Psychiatry, General Hospital of the City of Linz, Krankenhausstr. 9, A-4020 Linz, Austria. Electronic address: Sigrid.Bartl@akh.linz.at.
authors.forename: Sigrid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bartl
authors.affiliation: Autonomic Unit, Department for Neurology and Psychiatry, General Hospital of the City of Linz, Krankenhausstr. 9, A-4020 Linz, Austria. Electronic address: Andrija.Javor@akh.linz.at.
authors.forename: Andrija
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Javor
authors.affiliation: Autonomic Unit, Department for Neurology and Psychiatry, General Hospital of the City of Linz, Krankenhausstr. 9, A-4020 Linz, Austria. Electronic address: Milan.Vosko@akh.linz.at.
authors.forename: Milan R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Vosko
authors.affiliation: Autonomic Unit, Department for Neurology and Psychiatry, General Hospital of the City of Linz, Krankenhausstr. 9, A-4020 Linz, Austria. Electronic address: gerhard.ransmayr@akh.linz.at.
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ransmayr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062706:Prodromal Symptoms; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013546:Sweating / Q000502:physiology*; D013575:Syncope / Q000145:classification* / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: Prodromal sign; Reflex syncope; Sudomotor; Sweating; Sympathetic nervous system