Randomized comparison of atenolol and fludrocortisone acetate in the treatment of pediatric neurally mediated syncope.
Overall, these results indicate that oral treatment of neurally mediated syncope is safe and efficacious. Further randomized trials in children will be required to determine the significance of a placebo effect, as well as potential differences in results related to the mechanism of syncope.
Scott
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 75235-9063, USA.
Pongiglione
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Bromberg
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Schaffer
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Deal
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Fish
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Dick
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D000293:Adolescent; D001262:Atenolol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005438:Fludrocortisone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018667:Tilt-Table Test
D001262:Atenolol; D005438:Fludrocortisone