title: Syncope.
abstract: Syncope is usually easily diagnosed, but sometimes it is confused with hypoglycemia, epilepsy, cerebral vascular disease, "drop attacks", hyperventilation attacks, and hysterical faints. Syncope is usually a benign disorder, but sometimes it is a manifestation of a serious neurologic or cardiac disease. This paper provides an approach to the evaluation and management of patients with this disorder.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004244:Dizziness / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008875:Middle Aged; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000150:complications