Wegrakingen

J Gert van Dijk; Mark P M Harms; Frederik J de Lange; Joost H W Rutten; Roland D Thijs; Nathalie van der Velde

Wegrakingen

Translated title of the contribution: Transient loss of consciousness

J Gert van Dijk, Mark P M Harms, Frederik J de Lange, Joost H W Rutten, Roland D Thijs, Nathalie van der Velde

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Abstract

Although transient loss of consciousness (TLOC) is a common problem, hospital care for patients with TLOC is characterised by high rates of no diagnosis and misdiagnosis, accompanied by unnecessary hospital admissions and tests. We attribute these problems to increasing specialisation as well as to a blind spot for vasovagal syncope, a condition not claimed by any specialty. We suggest that all doctors seeing patients with TLOC, both in primary and secondary care, should be familiar with the presentations of the relatively harmless vasovagal syncope and the alarm symptoms of potentially life-threatening cardiac syncope. In this article we present some practical pointers to recognise these conditions and answer some frequently-asked questions regarding the diagnosis and treatment of TLOC.

Translated title of the contribution	Transient loss of consciousness
Original language	Dutch
Article number	D6651
Journal	Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
Volume	166
Publication status	Published - 9 Mar 2022

Keywords

Humans
Physical Therapy Modalities
Syncope, Vasovagal/complications
Syncope/diagnosis
Transients and Migrants
Unconsciousness/diagnosis

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