Diagnosis and characteristics of syncope in older patients referred to geriatric departments

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1531-1536

  Ungar, Andrea ^a,b   Mussi, Chiara ^c   Del Rosso, Attilio ^d   Noro, Gabriele ^e   Abete, Pasquale ^f   Ghirelli, Loredana ^g   Cellai, Tommaso ^a,b   Landi, Annalisa ^a,b   Salvioli, Gianfranco ^c   Rengo, Franco ^f   Marchionni, Niccolò ^a,b   Masotti, Giulio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d Ospedale S Pietro Igneo   (Italy)

^e SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Diagnostic protocol; Elderly; Geriatric department; Syncope

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SYNCOPE;

EID: 33749824164     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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