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 ...

Syncope is a common clinical problem that reduces quality of life and can be difficult to treat. By age 70 about half of the population will have experienced transient loss of consciousness at least ...

Approximately one in six patients hospitalized for a first episode of syncope have a pulmonary embolism, a new study shows, with the prevalence of pulmonary embolism highest among individuals without ...

Although extensive cardiovascular studies involving the tilt table were done in most of the cases described by Lyle and his associates 5 their studies were within normal limits. The exact physiologic ...

We evaluated the incidence, specific causes, and prognosis of syncope among women and men participating in the Framingham Heart Study from 1971 to 1998. Of 7814 study participants followed for an ...

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 ...

Although group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with comorbid syncope has been linked to a poor prognosis among adults, this relationship remains uncertain in pediatric patients, prompting a ...

An otherwise healthy 87-year-old woman who was not taking medications presented to our emergency department after experiencing an episode of presyncope. While in the emergency department the woman, ...

We present a rare case of deglutition syncope in a woman in her 20s, who presented with a ten-year history of presyncope and visual disturbances triggered by eating. Investigations, including a ...

Fainting, medically known as syncope, is a condition that may need immediate medical attention. The causes of fainting may range from mild to severe conditions. Fainting is the temporary loss of ...