Abstract
Syncope is a common symptom in the emergency department. While most causes are benign and self-limited not requiring extensive in-hospital evaluation, others are potentially life-threatening. The optimal evaluation of patients with syncope follows a risk-adapted diagnostic algorithm in order to exclude life-threatening causes and to identify patients at high risk for further deterioration e. g. structural heart diseases requiring further diagnostic evaluation. Low risk patients can receive out-patient treatment without further extensive diagnostic evaluation.
| Translated title of the contribution | Rational risk-adapted diagnosis of syncope in the emergency department |
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| Original language | German |
| Journal | Notfall und Rettungsmedizin |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 95-100 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISSN | 1434-6222 |
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| Publication status | Published - 03.2009 |