title: Evaluation of Syncope in Older Adults.
abstract: The older adult patient with syncope is one of the most challenging evaluations for the emergency physician. It requires clinical skill, patience, and knowledge of specific older adult issues. It demands care in the identification of necessary resources, such as medication review, and potential linkage with several multidisciplinary follow-up services. Excellent syncope care likely requires reaching out to ensure institutional resources are aligned with emergency department patient needs, thus asking emergency physicians to stretch their administrative talents. This is likely best done as preset protocols prior to individual patient encounters. Emergency physicians evaluate elders with syncope every day and should rise to the challenge to do it well.
authors.affiliation: Geriatric Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Electronic address: thogan@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu.
authors.forename: Teresita M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago Medicine, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen Tyler
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Constantine
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago Medicine, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Aoko Doris
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Crain
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Emergency department; Older adult; Syncope