Syncope or seizure? The diagnostic value of synchronous tilt testing and video-EEG monitoring in children with transient loss of consciousness

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Yılmaz ◽  
S. Gökben ◽  
E. Levent ◽  
G. Serdaroğlu ◽  
R. Özyürek
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Loss Of Consciousness ◽  
Eeg Monitoring ◽  
Transient Loss Of Consciousness ◽  
Tilt Testing ◽  
Transient Loss ◽  
Video Eeg

scholarly journals 0444: Usefulness of combined head-up tilt testing with video-EEG monitoring in the evaluation of patients with atypical seizure-like unexplained loss of consciousness

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Claude Kouakam ◽  
William Szurhaj ◽  
Laurence Guédon-Moreau ◽  
Christine Monpeurt ◽  
Dominique Lacroix ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Loss Of Consciousness ◽  
Eeg Monitoring ◽  
Tilt Testing ◽  
Head Up Tilt ◽  
Video Eeg

scholarly journals Management of transient loss of consciousness of suspected syncopal cause, after the initial evaluation in the Emergency Department

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivo Casagranda ◽  
Michele Brignole ◽  
Simone Cencetti ◽  
Gianfranco Cervellin ◽  
Giorgio Costantino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Initial Evaluation ◽  
Loss Of Consciousness ◽  
Transient Loss Of Consciousness ◽  
Risk Levels ◽  
Risk Patients ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Transient Loss ◽  
Multidisciplinary Group ◽  
Diagnostic Investigations

The recommendations enclosed in the present document have been developed by a group of experts appointed by the <em>Gruppo Multidisciplinare per lo Studio della Sincope</em> (Multidisciplinary Group for the Study of Syncope; GIMSI) and Academy of Emergency Medicine and Care (AcEMC). The aim is to define the diagnostic pathway and the management of patients referred to the Emergency Department (ED) for transient loss of consciousness of suspected syncopal cause, which is still unexplained after the initial evaluation. The risk stratification enables the physician to admit, discharge or monitor shortly the patient in the intensive short-stay Syncope Observation Unit (SOU). There are three risk levels of life-threatening events or serious complications (low, moderate, high). Low risk patients can be discharged, while high risk ones should be monitored and treated properly in case of worsening. Moderate risk patients should undergo clinical and instrumental monitoring in SOU, inside the ED. In all these three cases, patients can be subsequently referred to the Syncope Unit for further diagnostic investigations.

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