Open AccessIsolated Syncope – an Uncommon Presenting Feature of Pulmonary Embolism
Author(s) -
Anasua Chakraborty,
Gurpreet Singh Jutley
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acute medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1747-4892
pISSN - 1747-4884
DOI - 10.52964/amja.0472
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , syncope (phonology) , exertion , pulse oximetry , presentation (obstetrics) , consciousness , cardiology , case presentation , feature (linguistics) , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , surgery , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology
We describe a case of a 62 year old man who presented with transient loss of consciousness following exertion. On presentation to hospital, he was haemodynamically stable and was not breathless, tachycardic or hypoxic at rest. The finding of exercise-induced desaturation on pulse oximetry triggered further investigations which confirmed the presence of PE.