Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39144870›Full record

ArticleCureus2024

Syncope in the Emergency Department: A Case Report of a Rare Presentation of Favism.

Céline Couvreur, John Mitchell, Patrice Forget, Henri Thonon

Abstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Céline CouvreurEmergency Medicine, CHU (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire) UCLouvain (Université Catholique de Louvain) Namur - Godinne, Godinne, BEL.
John MitchellAnesthesiology, CHU (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire) UCLouvain (Université Catholique de Louvain) Namur - Godinne, Godinne, BEL.
Patrice ForgetAnesthesiology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, GBR.
Henri ThononEmergency Medicine, CHU (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire) UCLouvain (Université Catholique de Louvain) Namur - Godinne, Godinne, BEL.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Consumption of fava beans in a patient with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, also called favism, can lead to a haemolytic crisis. We report the case of a 69-year-old patient of Iranian origin admitted to the emergency department following syncope. The patient's comprehensive interview and blood analysis revealed that the patient presented a haemolytic crisis triggered by fava beans consumption, due to previously undiagnosed G6PD deficiency. The pathophysiology of favism is complex and clinical presentations of G6PD deficiency are numerous due to multiple genetic variants. Indirect signs, such as the presence of methemoglobinaemia and hemighosts on the blood smear, can aid in the diagnosis. This case highlights the importance of considering G6PD deficiency as a potential diagnosis in case of haemolytic crisis, even in elderly patients.

Indexed as

favismg6pd deficiencyhaemoglobinemiahemighostssyncope

Identifiers

PMID39144870
PMCPMC11324004

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.