[Treatment of stokes-adams syndrome].

Prednisone in the Treatment of Adams-stokes Attacks.

Adams-Stokes attacks are seen most frequently in patients with heart block. They are usually due to a temporary cardiac arrest not infrequently occurring when an incomplete heart block becomes complete, although a number of other irregularities may precipitate unconsciousness in these patients (Parkinson, Papp, and Evans, 1941). They occasionally occur in patients with bradycardia from other ca...

A Historic Instance of the Adams-Stokes Syndrome Due to Heart-Block

Single Center Experience with Hydroxyzine in the Treatment of Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome

Background To this date, there has been no specific therapy proven to be effective for cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) in controlled trials. Multiple regimens have been proposed including: cyproheptadine, propranolol, amitriptyline, and phenobarbital. These medications are not without major side effects. The aim of this study was to describe the authors’ experience with hydroxyzine in children w...

The Electrocardiogram of the Stokes-adams Attack.

Stokes-Adams attacks with simultaneous auricular and ventricular standstill.

Bilateral Bundle-Branch Block

The electrocardiograms and salient clinical features of seven patients with electrocardiographic evidence of various types of bilateral bundle-branch block (BBBB) have been presented. When the complexes change in form and the P-R interval varies, the mechanisms are usually best interpreted by using the concepts of first degree, second degree, and third degree bundle-branch block with or without...