Skip Navigation

Publication Abstracts

Case report: Cough syncope in a U.S. Army aviator

Fitzsimons MG
Aviat Space Environ Med 1998; 69:515-6

Abstract

Syncope is a very common presentation to the primary care provider and the emergency room physician. The consequences of syncope while driving can be tragic. Likewise the consequences in the flight environment can be devastating. This case presents tussive syncope while driving in a 41-yr-old previously healthy male aviator. The diagnosis, management and aeromedical disposition are presented.


Information on subscribing, and on obtaining copies of an article or of an entire issue.

Table of Contents for Volume 69, Number 5 of the ASEM journal.