TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 21. Syncope
A1  - Mikhail, Michael G.
A2  - Cline, David M.
A2  - Ma, O. John
A2  - Cydulka, Rita K.
A2  - Meckler, Garth D.
A2  - Handel, Daniel A.
A2  - Thomas, Stephen H.
PY  - 2012
T2  - Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual, 7e
AB  - Syncope  accounts  for  up  to  2%  of  all  ED  visits  and  6%  of  hospital  admissions.  Syncope  is  defined  as  a  transient  loss  of  consciousness  accompanied  by  loss  of  postural  tone,  followed  by  complete  resolution  without  intervention.  Although  syncope  typically  is  a  benign  vasovagal  event,  it  may  represent  a  life-threatening  dysrhythmia/condition,  particularly  in  the  elderly.  In  up  to  half  of  syncope  cases  presenting  to  the  ED,  there  is  no  definite  etiology  established  for  the  syncopal  episode.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56272128
ER  -