Evaluation of the patient with syncope: an evidence based approach.
The cause of syncope often eludes the clinician despite extensive efforts to make a definitive diagnosis. In that group of patients for whom the cause has eluded the clinician, it is unclear which patients need a rapid inpatient work-up and which patients can be safely discharged for outpatient evaluation. The authors present the results of a systematic literature search to determine the diagnostic value of the emergency department work-up of the patient with syncope.
Meyer
M D
MD
Division of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Handler
J
J
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission; D010808:Physical Examination; D012307:Risk Factors; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy