Effect of Dietary Salt Supplemantation in Vasovagal Syncope Prophylaxis: A Clinical Trial

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre20 enrolled

Overview

Syncope is a syndrome consisting of a relatively short period of temporary and self-limited loss of consciousness caused by transient diminution of blood flow to the brain (most often the result of systemic hypotension). The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of salt supplementation in vasovagal syncope prophylaxis.

Healthy volunteers without use of medicines with except contraceptives orals that met the exclusion criteria were consecutively enrolled in a randomized trial.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Healthy

Interventions

Salt SupplementationBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 40 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy volunteers Exclusion Criteria: * Use medicines * Previous diseases * Incapacity of to understand and to sign the term consent

Locations (1)

Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Evaluate the effectiveness of the salt supplementation in the prophylaxis of the vasovagal syncope

Secondary Outcomes

Evaluate the supplementation salt increases the orthostatic tolerance

Analyze the supplementation salt increases the plasmatic volume

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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