Syncope Time Frames for Adverse Events after Emergency Department Presentation: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis

Conclusions: The risk of death or life-threatening adverse event is rare in patients presenting syncope at the ED. The most common adverse events are brady and supraventricular arrhythmias, which occur during the first 3 days. Prolonged ECG monitoring in the ED in a short stay unit with ECG monitoring facilities may, therefore, be beneficial.PMID:34833453 | PMC:PMC8623370 | DOI:10.3390/medicina57111235

Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - November 27, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ludovico Furlan Lucia Trombetta Giovanni Casazza Franca Dipaola Raffaello Furlan Chiara Marta Filippo Numeroso Jordi P érez-Rodon James V Quinn Matthew J Reed Robert S Sheldon Win-Kuang Shen Benjamin C Sun Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy Andrea Ungar Source Type: research