{"id":1052886,"date":"2010-05-04T08:15:24","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T08:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/approach-to-evaluation-and-management-of-syncope-in-adults-bmj-review\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:46:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:46:37","slug":"approach-to-evaluation-and-management-of-syncope-in-adults-bmj-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/approach-to-evaluation-and-management-of-syncope-in-adults-bmj-review.php","title":{"rendered":"Approach to evaluation and management of syncope in adults &#8211; BMJ Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/753cc_225px-Skull_and_brain_normal_human.svg.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/753cc_225px-Skull_and_brain_normal_human.svg.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a>Syncope is common in all age groups, and it affects 40% of people during their lifetime, usually described as a \"faint\" or \"blackout\".<\/p><p>Neurally mediated syncope, which is benign, is the most common cause<\/p><p>Cardiac syncope as a result of arrhythmias or structural cardiopulmonary disease is more common with increasing age. Cardiac syncope is associated with increased mortality and must be excluded.<\/p><p>Brain imaging, carotid Doppler ultrasound, electroencephalography, and chest radiography are often not needed in patients with syncope.<\/p><p>References:<\/p><div>An approach to the evaluation and management of syncope in adults. BMJ 2010;340:c880.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/short\/340\/feb19_1\/c880\">http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/short\/340\/feb19_1\/c880<\/a><\/div><div>Image source: Illustration of the human brain and skull. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Skull_and_brain_normal_human.svg\">Wikipedia<\/a>, Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator, Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License 2006.<\/div><div><p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/casesblog.blogspot.com\/\">Clinical Cases and Images<\/a>. 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