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Box 9.1

Causes of Transient Loss of Consciousness

Transient global cerebral hypoperfusion: syncope (Box 9.2)

Metabolic disorders:

Poisoning with alcohol and psychoactive drugs

Epilepsy

Migraine

Vertebrobasilar transient ischaemic attack

Subclavian steal syndrome

Subarachnoid haemorrhage