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ArticleSaudi journal of anaesthesia

Prevalence of vasovagal syncope following bariatric surgery.

Omar A Al Obeed, Thamer Bin Traiki, Yara F Alfahad, Maha-Hamadien Abdulla, Mohamed N AlAli, Abdulhamed A Alharbi, Reem Alharbi, Thamer Nouh, Ahmad Hersi

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Article in Saudi journal of anaesthesia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.

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  3. Energy metabolism and syncope.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Omar A Al ObeedColorectal Research Chair, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Thamer Bin TraikiColorectal Research Chair, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Yara F AlfahadDepartment of Cardiac Sciences, College of Medicine, King Saud University and King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Maha-Hamadien AbdullaColorectal Research Chair, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed N AlAliDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Abdulhamed A AlharbiDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Reem AlharbiDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine, Prince Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Thamer NouhTrauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, King Khalid University Hospital, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Ahmad HersiDepartment of Cardiac Sciences, College of Medicine, King Saud University and King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundObesity is a major global public health problem. Observational studies have shown an increasing incidence of syncope and pre-syncope following bariatric surgery in obese patients. However, there is paucity of the true incidence of syncope following bariatrics sugary in the literature.

methodsWe have randomly surveyed 200 patients who underwent bariatric surgery between 2016-2018 using Calgary Syncope Score (CSS).

resultsOf the 200 patients enrolled, 107 (53.5%) were female with 167 patients (83.5%) between 18 and 50 years of age. The most-reported comorbidities were diabetes mellitus 26 (13%) hypertension 25 (12.5%) and pulmonary disease 18 (9%). The majority 98 (49%) of the patients had pre-operative body mass index (BMI) of 40-50 kg/m

conclusionVasovagal syncope in patients following bariatric sugary is quite common and affects 15% of bariatric patients in our series in the first year postoperatively. Further randomized controlled trials are required to prove our results.

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Autonomic dysfunctionbariatric surgeryvasovagal syncope

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PMID34188635
PMCPMC8191276

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