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<span style="font-size:110%>For T-LOC the most important diagnostic tool is the medical history. Start history taking with '''open questions.''' <br /> <br />  
<span style="font-size:110%>For T-LOC the most important diagnostic tool is the medical history. Start history taking with '''open questions.''' <br /> <br />  
''What happened? What did you feel? How did you do afterwards?'' </span>
''What happened? What did you feel? How did you do afterwards?'' </span>
 
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<span style="font-size:120%>The following elements '''must''' be addressed in any case ('''<span style="color:#ff0000>RED</span>''': risk of acute cardiac death, '''<span style="color:#008000>GREEN</span>''': first epileptic convulsion):</span>
<span style="font-size:120%>The following elements '''must''' be addressed in any case ('''<span style="color:#ff0000>RED</span>''': risk of acute cardiac death, '''<span style="color:#008000>GREEN</span>''': first epileptic convulsion):</span>