What it is
Loss of consciousness during exertion may signal cardiac disease; cardiac arrest requires immediate CPR and defibrillation.
Typical clinical symptoms
- Collapse or loss of consciousness during activity
- Chest pain, palpitations or unusual breathlessness
- Unresponsiveness and abnormal breathing in cardiac arrest
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Scientific literature
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Syncope as a Warning Symptom of Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes.
Literature review · 2015
Sports Injuries
When is medical assessment needed?
Deformity or an open wound after trauma, immediate loss of function, disproportionate pain with a tense segment, neurological weakness, worsening symptoms after a head impact, collapse during exertion, confusion in heat and very dark urine after exercise require emergency assessment.
Descriptions are for orientation. Diagnosis follows history, clinical examination and, only when indicated, imaging or laboratory tests.
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