Causes of *Collapse and Acute Decreased Conscious State
(* = collapse, as in sudden loss of consciousness)
*Syncope via autonomic failure:
i) Neuropathy with autonomic involvement
ii) Antihypertensives, esp. beta-blockers
iii) Surgical sympathectomy
iv) CNS autonomic failure: eg.primary autonomic failure, MSA, spinal cord lesion
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