Syncope in Adolescent Girls

Syncope in Adolescent Girls

While syncope is known to be more common in females, the role of early-onset menses with excessive blood loss needs further elucidation. Frazier et al review two cases of syncope due to severe anemia from menses as the underlying etiology in adolescent females.

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical pediatrics 2001-08, Vol.40 (8), p.457-460
Hauptverfasser: Frazier, Johnnie P., Yetman, Robert J., Huang, David
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Anemia
Anemia - complications
Biological and medical sciences
Causes of
Fainting
Female
Girls
Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy
Health aspects
Humans
Medical disorders
Medical sciences
Menorrhagia - complications
Menstruation
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Pediatrics
Syncope - etiology
Teenage girls
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Zusammenfassung:While syncope is known to be more common in females, the role of early-onset menses with excessive blood loss needs further elucidation. Frazier et al review two cases of syncope due to severe anemia from menses as the underlying etiology in adolescent females.
ISSN:0009-9228
1938-2707
DOI:10.1177/000992280104000806