Population
Elderly patients presenting with syncope
Design
Review
Authors
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Urges inclusion of syncope in elderly fall evaluations; leaves open evidence-based protocols for multi-morbid patients.
Syncope in the elderly often presents atypically (e.g., as falls without prodrome) and requires prompt assessment due to high morbidity, multi-morbidity, and polypharmacy.
Brien et al. (2014) studied this question.
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