November 29, 2004-- Designating an area in the emergency department (ED) for syncope evaluation improves diagnostic yield and reduces hospital admissions and length of hospital stay without adversely ...

Across several dozen hospitals in the U.K., people with acute unexplained syncope were randomized to immediate 14-day cardiac ...

Syncope is most common in the young and the old, with an incidence peak at around 15 years of age, particularly in women; subsequently, there is a progressive increase in frequency over the age of 45 ...

In patients with syncope who present to the emergency department for evaluation, diagnosing an underlying cardiac arrhythmia ...

A 35-year-old man presented to the emergency department after a sudden loss of consciousness while playing soccer with friends. He recalled the sudden onset of lightheadedness and a tingling sensation ...

‘The eyes see what the brain knows.’ This old adage, famous in the echelons of medicine, highlights why syncope is important in clinical medicine, for it is often missed while evaluating a patient.

Starting 14-day ECG monitoring immediately after ED assessment for unexplained syncope did not result in fewer ...

A 47-year-old man presenting with C7 ASIA B tetraplegia for 9 months, developed episodes of severe hypotension and occasional syncope following intermittent catheterisations. These episodes were ...