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The UK NICE guideline on transient loss of consciousness heavily focuses on recognizing underlying cardiac disease but largely omits guidance on epilepsy and psychogenic non-epileptic attacks.
This editorial highlights that the NICE guideline on transient loss of consciousness is heavily focused on cardiological evaluation, emphasizing the need to recognize underlying cardiac causes to prevent misdiagnosis.
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Smith et al. (2011) conducted an editorial in Transient loss of consciousness ('blackouts'). NICE guideline on management of transient loss of consciousness was evaluated. The UK NICE guideline on transient loss of consciousness heavily focuses on recognizing underlying cardiac disease but largely omits guidance on epilepsy and psychogenic non-epileptic attacks.
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