Validation of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score supports its use to guide ED management, potentially improving patient safety and healthcare efficiency by identifying low-risk patients for discharge.
The CSRS was successfully validated and its use is recommended to guide ED management of patients when serious causes are not identified during index ED evaluation. Very-low-risk and low-risk patients can generally be discharged, while brief hospitalization can be considered for high-risk patients. We believe CSRS implementation has the potential to improve patient safety and health care efficiency.
Thiruganasambandamoorthy et al. (Mon,) studied this question.