Syncope: Classification and risk stratification
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منابع مشابه
Emerging Risk Stratification in Syncope.
The first Guidelines of European Society of Cardiology (ESC) for the management of syncope, were published in 2001, and later reviewed in 2004 (1). In March 2008, the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines considered that there were enough new data to justify production of new guidelines. It recognised the need to produce a comprehensive document that is addressed not only to cardiologists but t...
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Syncope represents an important health issue due to the number of emergency room presentations as well as the costs associated either to patient evaluation, or to therapeutic means in certain situations. Despite recent endeavors to optimize the approach to a patient with syncope, this is still heterogeneous in day to day practice and inconsistencies with the current guidelines recommendations a...
متن کاملSyncope: risk stratification and clinical decision making.
Syncope is a common occurrence in the emergency department, accounting for approximately 1% to 3% of presentations. Syncope is best defined as a brief loss of consciousness and postural tone followed by spontaneous and complete recovery. The spectrum of etiologies ranges from benign to life threatening, and a structured approach to evaluating these patients is key to providing care that is thor...
متن کاملRisk stratification of patients presenting with syncope.
Evidence Summary A previous Point-of-Care Guide addressed risk stratification in patients with syncope and described two validated clinical decision rules.1 Shared variables between the two rules included abnormal findings on electrocardiography (ECG) and a history of congestive heart failure; other variables included decreased systolic blood pressure, shortness of breath, anemia, age older tha...
متن کاملRisk stratification of patients with syncope.
STUDY OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a risk classification system for patients presenting to emergency departments with syncope. METHODS Two prospective studies were carried out at a large urban teaching hospital ED. One cohort of 252 patients with syncope who reported to the ED was used to develop the risk classification system; a second cohort of 374 patients with syncope was used to val...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0914-5087
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2013.03.019