The Etiology of Syncope in an Emergency Hospital

Abstract

Background. Syncope is a commonly encountered problem in an emergency hospital. Global cerebral hypoperfusion is the final pathway common to all presentations of syncope, but this symptom presentation has a broad differential diagnosis. It is important to identify patients for whom syncope is a symptom of a potentially life-threatening condition.

Keywords

• syncope
• emergency
• hypotension
• vasovagal
• iatrogenic causes