Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
Show: 20 | 50 | 100
Results 1 - 1 de 1
Filter
Add filters








Year range
1.
J. Health Biol. Sci. (Online) ; 5(4): 378-381, out-dez/2017. ilus, tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: biblio-875438

ABSTRACT

Descreveu-se a Síndrome da Taquicardia Postural Ortostática (POTS) em uma adolescente de 16 anos, com história de 10 anos de hipotireoidismo e episódio de síncope incompleta e sintomas disautonômicos flutuantes por seis meses. Após esses seis meses, a paciente apresentou novo episódio de síncope incompleta pós-prandial. Apesar de um Tilt Test não ter flagrado anormalidade, em duas ocasiões separadas, flagramos aumentos ortostáticos da frequência cardíaca de 43 e 40 bpm, sem queda significativa da pressão arterial. Além de hipotireoidismo, não se detectaram outros fatores de risco para disautonomia. Propranolol (10mg, 12/12h) controlou os sintomas. POTS é de difícil. (AU)


We describe the Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) in a 16-year-old girl with a 10-year history of hypothyroidism who experienced an incomplete syncope episode with fluctuating disautonomic symptoms for 6 months. After six months, the patient had a new postprandial incomplete syncope episode. Although a Tilt Test did not disclose abnormality, in two separate occasions, we documented a heart rate increase of 43 and 40 bpm after standing, without a significant drop in blood pressure. Other than hypothyroidism, we did not detect other risk factors for dysautonomia. Propranolol (10mg, 12 / 12h) controlled the symptoms. POTS is difficult to diagnose in adolescents. It is often confused with Epilepsy and Neurocardiogenic Syncope, which may result from hypothyroidism. (AU)


Subject(s)
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome , Syncope , Hypothyroidism
SELECTION OF CITATIONS
SEARCH DETAIL