Clinical diagnosis and treatment of nerve mediated syncope in children and adolescents
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4408.2021.02.007
- VernacularTitle:儿童青少年自主神经介导性晕厥的临床诊治
- Author:
Ronghua WANG
;
Weiqing WANG
;
Jing LIN
- From:
International Journal of Pediatrics
2021;48(2):99-103
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Nerve mediated syncope is the most common type of syncope in children, which is a kind of functional cardiovascular disease, including vasovagal syncope(VVS), postural tachycardia syndrome(POTS), orthostatic hypotension(OH), orthostatic hypertension(OHT), situational syncope(SS)and carotid sinus syndrome(CSS). Among them, VVS and POTS are the main ones, accounting for about 95% of children with nerve mediated syncope.Nerve mediated syncope affects the children′s daily life, threatens their physical and mental health, and causes anxiety among the parents.Therefore, there have been lots of researches on this disease in recent years.This paper reviewes the research progress of clinical features, clinical diagnosis and treatment of VVS, POTS, OH and OHT in children and adolescents.
