[Syncope in adolescents. Diagnostic and therapeutic approach].
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.
Eirís Puñal
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Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Rodríguez Núñez
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A
Gómez Lado
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C
Martinón-Torres
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F
Castro-Gago
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Martinón Sánchez
J María
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D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D013575:Syncope / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*