Thijs Roland D, Wieling Wouter, Kaufmann Horacio, van Dijk Gert
Dept. of Neurology & Clinical Neurophysiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
Clin Auton Res. 2004 Oct;14 Suppl 1:4-8. doi: 10.1007/s10286-004-1002-4.
There is no widely adopted definition or classification of syncope and related disorders. This lack of uniformity harms patient care, research, and medical education. In this article, syncope is defined as a form of transient loss of consciousness (TLOC) due to cerebral hypoperfusion. Differences between syncope and other causes of TLOC such as epilepsy, and disorders mimicking TLOC are described. A pathophysiological classification of syncope is proposed.
晕厥及相关病症尚无被广泛采用的定义或分类。这种缺乏一致性的情况对患者护理、研究和医学教育都造成了损害。在本文中，晕厥被定义为由于脑灌注不足导致的短暂意识丧失（TLOC）形式。文中描述了晕厥与其他导致TLOC的病因（如癫痫）以及酷似TLOC的病症之间的差异。本文还提出了晕厥的病理生理分类。
