Although CW has a limited therapeutic range, it is commonly used to treat various diseases such as collapse, syncope, rheumatic fever, painful joints, gastroenteritis, diarrhoea, oedema, bronchial asthma, and several tumors [1 4].
Aconitum has been used as local and traditional medicines in many asian regions for the treatment of various diseases such as collapse, syncope, painful joints, oedema, bronchial asthma et al. Higenamine, a plant-based alkaloid, was initially isolated from Aconitum and identified as the active cardiotonic component of Aconitum.
Symptomatic patients had a clinical history of collapses, syncopes, documented ventricular tachycardia (and/or fibrillation) or aborted sudden death.
Symptomatic patients, defined as having a clinical history of collapses, syncopes, documented ventricular tachycardia (and/or fibrillation) or aborted sudden death, were characterized by a longer QRS interval than asymptomatic patients (Table 2).
20% cardiovascular collapse and syncope in 5%; Doppler echo all patients had signs of dysfunction of the right ventricle represented by the dilatation of the right cavities and pulmonary hypertension.
The decrease in pre-load that may accompany spinal anaesthesia or the patient's position, may initiate the following three reflexes that can eventually lead to a sudden onset of cardiovascular collapse and syncope.
SCD was defined as a sudden pulseless condition (collapse or syncope) presumed to be due to an arrhythmia occurring out of the hospital or in the emergency room in an otherwise stable individual.
No episodes of cardiovascular-related collapses and syncope were recorded; only two illnesses affected the cardiovascular system as heat exhaustion.
Various writers have used other terms to refer to collapsed immobility: collapse, flaccid immobility, faint, fear-induced fainting, vasovagal syncope, neurocardiogenic syncope, and fainting in the context of a blood phobia.
Many different names are used as synonyms for collapsed immobility, including collapse, flaccid immobility, faint, fear-induced fainting, vasovagal syncope, neurocardiogenic syncope, and fainting in the context of a blood phobia.
This included falls from the ground level or from any height, including trees and roofs, collapse due to syncope, and also falls associated with assault or fall by any other reason.
