Key result
Among 1,003 patients with syncope, EEG had a very low diagnostic yield, with only 1.79% showing epileptiform discharges and 89.53% having normal results.
Why the study?
Does EEG have diagnostic usefulness in patients with syncope?
Observational (n=1,003)
Does EEG have diagnostic usefulness in patients with syncope?
Routine EEG has a very low diagnostic yield in patients with syncope and is not useful for evaluating this condition.
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May warrant avoiding routine EEG in syncope; hypothesis-generating for any high-yield subgroups.
Dantas et al. (2012) conducted an observational in Syncope (n=1,003). Electroencephalogram (EEG) was evaluated on Diagnostic yield (epileptiform discharges). Among 1,003 patients with syncope, EEG had a very low diagnostic yield, with only 1.79% showing epileptiform discharges and 89.53% having normal results.
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