title: A teenage fainter (dizziness, syncope, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome).
abstract: This article informs the general pediatrician about the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of teenage patients with presyncope and loss of consciousness. The focus is on distinguishing noncardiac fainting from life-threatening syncope. Current treatment strategies of vasovagal syncope and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome are also outlined.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Primary Children's Medical Center, University of Utah, 100 North Mario Capecchi Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84113, USA. Electronic address: thomas.pilcher@imail.org.
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Pilcher
authors.forename: Elizabeth V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Saarel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D054972:Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
keywords: Dizziness; Fainting; Neurocardiogenic syncope; POTS; Presyncope; Syncope; Vasovagal syncope