une perte de connaissance à l'emporte pièce

English translation: see explanation

09:20 Feb 17, 2006

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Medical - Medical (general) / syncope

French term or phrase: une perte de connaissance à l'emporte pièce

From a cardiologist's report:

"Il s'agit d'une patiente affligée d'une polyarthrite rhumatoïde sévère, qui est par ailleurs hypertendue, qui a présenté le [date] une perte de connaissance à l'emporte pièce, et qui se plaint d'être essoufflée. "
It goes on to show she has ectopic beats and atrial fibrillation.

I can find lots of French hits on this, but not a precise definition - does it mean there was no warning before she fainted? Is it synonymous with a Stokes-Adams attack or is a Stokes-Adams attack one kind of "perte de connaissance à l'emporte pièce"? TIA for any help.

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English translation:see explanation

Explanation:
Yes it means there is no warning, the LOC is very brief and there are no after-effects (apart from the injuries that may be caused by the fall!).
Stokes-Adams is just one cause of this type of syncopal episode.

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Note added at 23 mins (2006-02-17 09:44:32 GMT)
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Perhaps "unheralded syncopal episode of short duration"

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Note added at 25 mins (2006-02-17 09:46:05 GMT)
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http://www.jeffmann.net/NeuroGuidemaps/syncope.htm

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Note added at 30 mins (2006-02-17 09:51:15 GMT)
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Quite a good explanation in French:
http://www.besancon-cardio.org/cours/39-syncope.php

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Dr Sue Levy (X)

Transient loss consciousness

Shog Imas

2 +2

a (sudden) loss of consciousness with no warning

tictac

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peer agreement (net): +1

une perte de connaissance à l'emporte pièce

see explanation

Dr Sue Levy (X)
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3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

une perte de connaissance à l'emporte pièce a (sudden) loss of consciousness with no warning

Explanation:
a (sudden) loss of consciousness with no warning,
that is, without warning signs like nausea or sweating.

Reference: http://patients.uptodate.com/print.asp?print=true&file=hrt_d...

tictac
France
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Japanese

1 day 6 hrs confidence:

une perte de connaissance à l'emporte pièce Transient loss consciousness

Explanation:
Transient loss of consciousness: The value of the history for distinguishing seizure from syncope - group of 3 »
WAJ Hoefnagels, GW Padberg, J Overweg, EA Velde, - Journal of Neurology, 1991 - Springer
... Transient loss consciousness was defined as an episode of less than 1 h with inability
to maintain posture, loss of contact with the environment, and amnesia ...
Cited by 41 - Web Search

Evaluation and outcome of emergency room patients with transient loss of consciousness - group of 2 »
SC Day, EF Cook, H Funkenstein, L Goldman - Am J Med, 1982 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Evaluation and outcome of emergency room patients with transient loss
of consciousness. Day SC, Cook EF, Funkenstein H, Goldman ...
Cited by 178 - Web Search

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Note added at 1 day6 hrs (2006-02-18 15:45:23 GMT)
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sorry "Transient loss OF consciousness"

Reference: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=transient+loss+of+...

Shog Imas
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English,

French
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