The investigators hypothesis is that a significant number of patients may remain without specific cause and have recurrent syncope with its associated physical and mental morbidity.
1. Patients with diagnosis of syncope who were admitted to the medical ward will be interviewed and their charts reviewed to rule in or out the diagnosis of syncope. 2. Assess physical and mental injury as a result of syncope. 3. The lab workup will be documented including; 1. \- Routine blood tests. * troponin level. 2. \- ECG. * Echocardiogram * Brain CT. * EEG. * U/S doppler of carotids. * Tilt tests. 4. At the time of diagnosis the final diagnosis will be documented including recommendations for patients to prevent syncope after discharge. 5. Follow up after patients by phone verifying recurrence of syncope and resulting physical and or mental injury if any.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
40
Department of Medicine, Carmel Medical Center
Haifa, Israel
diagnosis
Final diagnosis as a cause of syncope
Time frame: 1 year
recurrence
how many patients had recurrence of syncope and average number of syncope in these patients during the period of follow up of each patient.
Time frame: 6 months
physical injury
During this period of follow up of each patient, was there a physical injury, graded either none, mild, moderate or severe (bedridden)
Time frame: 6 months
Mental effect
fear of recurrent syncope affecting his mobility and graded from mild to severe where severe indicates fear of moving even one step without support.
Time frame: 6 months
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