A rare cause of syncope among geriatric patients: Mad honey intoxication [Geriatrik hasta grubunda nadir bir senkop nedeni: Deli bal intoksikasyonu]
| dc.contributor.author | Alp A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Şappak S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sezer S.D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Çolak C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Özbakkaloglu M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-26T21:51:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-10-26T21:51:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.department | Ege Üniversitesi | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Among the population of geriatric patients, various etiologies such as orthostatic hypotension and neurological and cardiological disorders may cause syncope. An endemic cause of syncope particularly in the Black Sea region of Turkey is mad honey exposure. Mad honey is commonly used in the community as an alternative treatment for dyspeptic disorders, coronary heart disease, and enhancing sexual performance. Mad honey intoxication may have various clinical manifestations such as nausea, dizziness, sweating and fatal arrhythmias like atrioventricular block and asystole. One of the most common symptoms of mad honey intoxication is syncope caused by low blood pressure and bradyarrhythmia. In this case report, it was aimed to be pointed out mad honey exposure as a rare etiology of syncopal epsiode among geriatric patients. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 118 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1304-2947 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1304-2947 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issue | 1 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.scopusquality | Q4 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 115 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11454/18807 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 15 | en_US |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | Scopus | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Turk Geriatri Dergisi | en_US |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | en_US |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bradycardia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Honey | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hypotension | en_US |
| dc.subject | Syncope | en_US |
| dc.title | A rare cause of syncope among geriatric patients: Mad honey intoxication [Geriatrik hasta grubunda nadir bir senkop nedeni: Deli bal intoksikasyonu] | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
