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Laughter-induced syncope
Introduction
Seinfeld syncope is laughter-induced syncope (fainting). It is an unusual but recognized form of situational syncope likely to have a similar pathophysiological origin to tussive syncope.
There are few case reports of this syndrome in the literature. Patients, as in this case, might present initially to the ED, and laughter should be considered among the numerous differentials for syncope.
To date there have been few cases of Seinfeld Syncope documented in medical literature.[1]
References
References
- ↑ Bloomfield and Jazrawi (2005). “Shear Hilarity Leading to Laugh Syncope in a Healthy Man”. Journal of the American Medical Association. 293: 2863&ndash, 2864.
Further reading
Further reading
- S. Braga, R. Manni, and R. Pedretti (August 2005). “Laughter-induced syncope”. The Lancet. 366 (9483): 426&ndash, 426. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67027-4.
- Matthew J Bragg (2006). “Fall about laughing: A case of laughter syncope”. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 18 (5&ndash, 6): 518&ndash, 519. doi:10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00877.x.
- Roland D. Thijs, Wouter Wieling, Horacio Kaufmann, and Gert van Dijk1 (2004-10-11). “Defining and classifying syncope”. Clinical Autonomic Research. Steinkopff. 14 (1): i4&ndash, i8. doi:10.1007/s10286-004-1002-4. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - C. Mathias, K. Deguchi, and I. Schatz. “Observations on recurrent syncope and presyncope in 641 patients”. The Lancet. 357 (9253): 348&ndash, 353.
- Lois E. Krahn, James F. Lymp, Wendy R. Moore, Nancy Slocumb, and Michael H. Silber (2003-06-05). “Characterizing the Emotions That Trigger Cataplexy”. Journal of Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. American Psychiatric Press, Inc. 17: 45&ndash, 50. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - A. KENNEDY. “Non-epileptic causes of loss of consciousness”. Medicine. 32 (9): 15&ndash, 17.