Syncope on Steroids

Warren Davidson; Nadia Zalunardo; Shawn Gill; Robert Wakefield

doi:10.1155/2001/689358

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 2001)

Syncope on Steroids

Warren Davidson,
Nadia Zalunardo,
Shawn Gill,
Robert Wakefield

Affiliations

Warren Davidson: Department of Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nadia Zalunardo: Department of Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Shawn Gill: Department of Urology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Robert Wakefield: Department of Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2001/689358
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 3
pp. 173 – 174

Abstract

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An 83-year-old white woman sought medical attention because of a three-day history of slurred speech and an episode of syncope. Her medical history included long-standing rheumatoid arthritis treated with prednisone for the past five years (60 mg/day at presentation). In addition, cyclosporin (200 mg/day) had been started 16 months earlier for necrotizing scleritis.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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