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Etiology and outcome of patients with syncope admitted to emergency department of Imam Hossein Hospital
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Hamid Reza Hatamabadi   , Hossein Alimohammadi , Majid Shojaee , Farzaneh Mirmohammadi , Mohammad Reza Maleki * |
| Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Golestan Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran , Drmalaki676@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: (8333 Views) |
| Background and Aim: More than 5% of patients’ referred to Emergency Department (ED) and were suffering from syncope, which is the cause of 1-6% of inpatients. This study aims to study the etiology and outcome of syncope in patent referred to ED. Materials and Methods: This study investigated all syncope patients refer to ED of Imam Hossein Hospital for five months and the outcome was assessed for one-month. Data was recorded in questionnaire with patent’s file or history taking. Follow up was done one month later. T-test and chi-square test was used to analyze relationship between outcome and etiology. Results: One hundred patients (66 male) with a mean age and standard deviation 67.7±17 years were assessed. Etiology in 35 (35%) patients was cardiac, 60 (60%) unknown, 4 (4%) cerebral and 1 (1%) was anemia. During follow up, 4 patients (2 men and 2 women) died. Etiology of death in these patients was cardiac and all of them were higher than 79 years old. Electrographical changes were observed in expired patients. Prevalence of recurrence was 4% and 9% of patients had surgery, which they were alive. Conclusion: Age higher than 70 years old with a cardiac etiology are the most important predictive factors in prognosis of patient and outcome of syncope. |
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| Keywords: Syncope, Etiology, Outcome, Emergency department |
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Type of Study: Original |
Subject:
Medicine
Received: 2017 | Accepted: 2017 | Published: 2017
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