Title: The evaluation and treatment of syncope : a handbook for clinical practice /
Authors: Benditt, David G.; European Society of Cardiology.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Syncope physiopathology; Syncope diagnosis; Syncope therapy; Syncope (Pathology) Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Contents: Syncope: definition, classification, and multiple potential causes / Jean-Jacques Blanc, David G. Benditt -- What is syncope and what is not syncope: the importance of definitions / J. Gert van Dijk, Adam Fitzpatrick -- Pathophysiology and clinical presentation / Wouter Wieling [and others] -- Maintaining blood pressure whilst upright: physiology and potential for disturbances to cause syncope / Christopher Mathias -- Epidemiology and social costs of syncope / Rose Anne Kenny, Wishwa Kapoor -- Overview of recommended diagnostic strategies / Richard Sutton, Michele Brignole -- Initial evaluation of the syncope patient / Antonio Raviele, Paolo Alboni -- The role of the prepared questionnaire in initial evaluation of transient losses of consciousness / Anna Serletis, Robert Sheldon -- Who should be evaluated and treated in hospital, and who can be managed as an outpatient? / David G. Benditt --^