title: [Syncope in adolescents. Diagnostic and therapeutic approach].
abstract: Syncopal episodes are frequent in adolescence. Syncope is usually a benign, self-limiting condition but it may be a warning sign of serious disease that must be diagnosed and appropriately treated. The present article provides a review of the basic principles of the differential diagnosis of syncope in the adolescent patient and treatment recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eirís Puñal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Núñez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gómez Lado
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martinón-Torres
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castro-Gago
authors.forename: J María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martinón Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D013575:Syncope / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*