Syncope screening assessments

Evidence-based neurology checklist on syncope screening assessments: Indications Unexplained falls Syncope Postural (orthostatic) dizziness Non-specific postural symptoms Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) Pure Autonomic Failure (PAF) Diabetic Amyloidosis HIV Screening history Medication history Blood…

Indications

  • Unexplained falls
  • Syncope
  • Postural (orthostatic) dizziness
  • Non-specific postural symptoms
  • Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)
  • Pure Autonomic Failure (PAF)
  • Diabetic
  • Amyloidosis
  • HIV

Screening history

Medication history

Blood tests

Sudomotor function tests

References

  1. Gibbons CH, Schmidt P, Biaggioni I, et al. The recommendations of a consensus panel for the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension and associated supine hypertension. J Neurol 2017; 264:1567-1582. 
  2. Grubb BP. Neurocardiogenic syncope and related disorders of orthostatic intolerance. Circulation 2005; 111:2997-3006.

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