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Re: Fainting Spells

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In a message dated 7/24/98 12:35:15 AM,  wrote:

<<Would you pass it off as a minor vaso-vagal response and do nothing?

Get an EKG?

Get an EEG and/or neurology consult?

Anything else?>>

Mike, there was an International Peds Chat session with a specialist on this
topic last year and the log of it is probably still on the website (I think,
pedschat.org).  Based on what I recall of that session, it would probably be
safe to diagnose the episode a vasovagal syncope without any special workup,
except maybe BPs taken supine, sitting and standing to look for orthostatic
changes.
Stephanie Walker, RN, FNP



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