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June 14, 2017CureusOpen Access

The incidence of cardiac-related etiology for syncope in patients under age 40 was statistically significantly lower than those patients over age 40 (p = 0.026).

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152 patients aged 15 years and older presenting to the emergency department with syncope concerns…

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Authors

AAAhmad AwanHIHasan IftikharFTFasil Tiruneh

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Overview

Cardiac syncope less likely under age 40; hypothesis-generating for age-stratified evaluation in African Americans.

Structured PICO

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Population
152 patients aged 15 years and older presenting to the emergency department with syncope concerns, predominantly African-American (84.8%)
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Outcome
Etiology of syncope and its correlation with age

In a predominantly African-American population, the etiology of syncope is mostly undetermined, with cardiac causes being significantly more common in patients over 40 years of age.

Limitations

  • small sample size
  • single suburban hospital in Washington, DC
  • focus on African-American patients means findings may not be applicable to other population subgroups

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Awan et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a77b3f76c53f758bc1ea3c5https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1354
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