The management of syncope in older adults

Minerva Medica

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 247-258

  Ungar, A ^a   Morrione, A ^a   Rafanelli, M ^a   Ruffolo, E ^a   Brunetti, M A ^a   Chisciotti, V M ^a   Masotti, G ^a   Del Rosso, A ^b   Marchionni, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SAN GIUSEPPE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aged; Syncope; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

FLUDROCORTISONE; MIDODRINE; PLACEBO;

ANAMNESIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FALLING; FEAR; FRACTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD TILTING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MONITORING; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MONITOR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PACEMAKER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; REVIEW; SYNCOPE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CAROTID SINUS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; POSTURE; PROGNOSIS; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 70450137093     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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