Syncope: the emergency department and beyond.
Syncope is a common problem encountered by both emergency and internal medicine physicians. This review focuses on not only the assessment, risk stratification and management of the syncope patient, but also the latest thinking on diagnostic testing including more novel tools such as biomarkers and ambulatory patch monitor recording.
Emergency Medicine Research Group Edinburgh (EMERGE), Emergency Department, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, UK.
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Emergency Medicine Research Group Edinburgh (EMERGE), Emergency Department, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, UK. mattreed1@hotmail.com.|College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, The Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK. mattreed1@hotmail.com.
Matthew James
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1308-4824
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Reed
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013575:Syncope / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*
Cardiovascular disease; Emergency medicine; Hospital; Internal medicine; Syncope