RT Book, Section
A1 Leuck, Jo Anna
A2 Cydulka, Rita K.
A2 Fitch, Michael T.
A2 Joing, Scott A.
A2 Wang, Vincent J.
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Ma, O. John
SR Print(0)
ID 1143139964
T1 Syncope
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual, 8e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071837026
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1143139964
RD 2023/03/20
AB Syncope  accounts  for  up  to  2%  of  all  emergency  department  (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  often  is  a  benign  vasovagal  event,  it  may  represent  a  life-threatening  dysrhythmia  or  other  condition,  particularly  in  the  elderly.  Near-syncope,  or  feeling  an  impending  loss  of  consciousness  without  syncope,  may  carry  the  same  risk  as  syncope.  In  up  to  half  of  syncope  cases  presenting  to  the  ED,  there  is  no  definite  etiology  established  for  the  syncopal  episode.