Medscape

Syncope: Emergency Department Evaluation and Disposition

Syncope is relatively common in the emergency department (ED) -- frequency is approximately 1% to 2% of all ED visits, and syncope accounts for roughly the same percentage of hospital admissions. [1,2 ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Admission for Syncope Ups Risk of Death, Cardio Events

Tight Glycemic Control of Little Value Post-Pediatric Heart Op Among patients without previous comorbidity admitted for syncope, there is a significant increased risk of all-cause mortality, stroke, ...
Medscape

The Risk for Syncope and Presyncope During Surgery in Surgeons and Nurses

Syncope occurred in about 5% and presyncope in 15% of studied surgeons and nurses (instrumenters) during surgical procedures. The estimated incidence of syncopal events during operation was one per ...
TCTMD

ESC Releases New Syncope Guidelines

New syncope guidelines released this week by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) boost certain recommendations and demote others, but according to members of the writing group, they represent the ...
Medical Xpress

Anxiety-related adverse event clusters ID'd after Janssen vaccine

(HealthDay)—Syncope and other anxiety-related events occur more often after receipt of Janssen COVID-19 vaccines than influenza vaccination, according to research published in the April 30 ...
Nature

Recurrent syncope secondary to autonomic dysfunction in spinal cord injury: a case report

A 66-year-old man was admitted to our service for spinal rehabilitation, 6 months after sustaining a C6-ASIA-A spinal cord injury in a mountain bike accident. He had fallen forwards while going over a ...
News Medical

Study reveals the accuracy of risk stratification scores among patients with unexplained syncope

The Canadian Syncope Risk Score (CSRS) is an accurate validated prediction score for emergency department patients with unexplained syncope. These are the results of a study titled Multivariable risk ...
CMAJ

Development of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score to predict serious adverse events after emergency department assessment of syncope

Background: Syncope can be caused by serious conditions not evident during initial evaluation, which can lead to serious adverse events, including death, after disposition from the emergency ...
Nature

Key challenges in the current management of syncope

Patients commonly present with syncope at emergency departments and other facilities for urgent care. Syncope is understood by physicians to be a transient, self-terminating period of cerebral ...
Healio

Primary diagnosis of syncope predicts future adverse events

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers identified 37,017 patients from the Danish National Patient Register admitted with a first-time ...
CMAJ

Development of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score to predict serious adverse events after emergency department assessment of syncope | CMAJ

Background: Syncope can be caused by serious conditions not evident during initial evaluation, which can lead to serious adverse events, including death, after disposition from the emergency ...