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January 1, 2016North American Journal of Medical SciencesOpen Access

Of 114 patients who had a CT brain, 5 (4.4%) had an acute abnormality, and only 1 had an abnormality related to syncope; CT brain was not predictive of underlying etiology (P = 0.978).

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Why the study?

Does computed tomography (CT) scan of the head improve the identification of syncope etiology in a predominantly Black population?

Population

151 patients admitted to a University Hospital with syncope from 2011 to 2014, mean age 56.62, 68.2% female…

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Authors

YPYonette PaulAGAgaziG GebreselassieDBDelamo I. Bekele

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Overview

Low-yield CT head in syncope supports selective use; leaves open need for prospective validation in diverse cohorts.

Structured PICO

Does computed tomography (CT) scan of the head improve the identification of syncope etiology in a predominantly Black population?

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Population
151 patients admitted to a University Hospital with syncope from 2011 to 2014, mean age 56.62, 68.2% female, 84.8% Black.
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Intervention
Computed tomography (CT) scan of the head
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Outcome
Diagnostic yield of neuroimaging in identifying the potential causes of syncope

Routine CT head imaging has a very low diagnostic yield for determining the etiology of syncope in a predominantly Black population, confirming current guidelines.

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Paul et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0864bbab15ea61dee8d044https://doi.org/10.4103/1947-2714.187133
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