The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence rate of pulmonary embolism among not anticoagulated patient older than 75 years old admitted with syncope and hospitalised in the Toulon Hospital
This study will be proposed to every patient that correspond to eligibility criteria. Will be included only those who are not opposed to the collection of their data. The data collected will come from the routine care such as medical history, clinical datas, imaging data… The number of pulmonary imaging will be assessed before the diagnostic strategy proposed by Dr Prandoni and after the application of this strategy thanks to a questionnaire to physicians.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1
data from patient included will be collected during the study
Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Toulon La Seyne sur Mer
La Seyne-sur-Mer, Var, France
Pulmonary embolism prevalence
Prevalence rate of pulmonary embolism among patient hospitalized for syncope and diagnosed with ventilation/perfusion scan or CT scan.
Time frame: 24 month
Assess the impact of the Prandoni's recommendations on the paraclinical evaluations
Number of CT-scans that are made systematically since the Prandoni's recommendations are applied in the hospital
Time frame: 24 month
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