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Cases | A Patient with Syncope

Questions

1. How do you define syncope and does this patient fulfill the definition?

2. What other questions would you ask this patient?

3. What particulat physical findings are important?

4. What are the major causes of syncope? Which one is most common overall and which is most likely in this patient?

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