A 80s M is found by his family immediately after an unwitnessed syncopal episode. What is a simple way to ddx syncope (cardiovascular) from a seizure?
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A 80s M is found by his family immediately after an unwitnessed syncopal episode. What is a simple way to ddx syncope (cardiovascular) from a seizure?
Loss of bladder control if it is a seizure.
Oscar Wilde had the correct answer to this question. “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
Tonguebite and loss of urine if This toke place.
Post-ictal period
by what happens after the episode? i.e whether they are post-ictal or quickly back to baseline