Exertional collapse in the runner: Evaluation and management in fieldside and office-based settings

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 459-476

  Childress, Marc A ^a   O'Connor, Francis G ^b   Levine, Benjamin D ^c  

^a DEWITT ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise related syncope; Exertional collapse; Normothermia; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AORTA STENOSIS; ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLLAPSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; COOLING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HEAT STROKE; HEAT SYNCOPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LONG QT SYNDROME; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; SUDDEN DEATH; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; VITAL SIGN;

ALGORITHMS; DEATH, SUDDEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; SYNCOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953793641     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2010.03.007     Document Type: Review

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