Key result
Neurogenic impaired autoregulation drives most pediatric syncope, while rare cardiogenic cases remain life-threatening.
Supports initial conservative evaluation for most pediatric syncope; leaves open prospective validation of cardiogenic risk stratification.
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Nowakowska et al. (2014) conducted a review in Syncope. Syncope in children and adolescents is most commonly neurogenic, caused by impaired autoregulation of the circulatory system, while the less common cardiogenic syncope can be life-threatening.
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