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Situational syncope

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Situational syncope is a neurally mediated syncope which occurs in response to:

  • micturition
  • cough
  • defecation

Situational syncope is the result of reflex abnormalities in vascular tone and heart rate which transiently reduce blood supply to the brain.


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