title: Fifteen-minute consultation on limiting investigations in the fainting child.
abstract: Syncope can be a dramatic and frightening experience for the patient and onlookers. It can also be a confusing area for doctors, with a lack of diagnostic certainty and a differential that ranges from the completely benign to the life-threatening. This is a tricky area for clinicians, who can find it difficult to reassure their patients and their families. The aim of this article is to present a clear scheme for appropriate investigation and referral of paediatric patients with syncope. The aim of investigations in such cases should be to confirm or exclude serious, life-threatening causes of syncope.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bu'Lock
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Accident & Emergency; Cardiology; Circulatory; General Paediatrics; Neurology