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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Published inClinical pediatrics Vol. 40; no. 8; pp. 457 - 460
Main Authors Frazier, Johnnie P., Yetman, Robert J., Huang, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 708 Glen Cove Avenue, Glen Head, NY 11545 SAGE Publications 01.08.2001
Westminster
Westminster Publications, Inc
Subjects
Adolescent
Anemia
Anemia - complications
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Girls
Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy
Humans
Medical disorders
Medical sciences
Menorrhagia - complications
Menstruation
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Pediatrics
Syncope - etiology
Human
Nervous system diseases
Etiology
Syncope
Consciousness impairment
Adolescent
Female
Review
Neurological disorder
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Summary: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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ISSN:0009-9228
1938-2707
DOI:10.1177/000992280104000806