Between 71 and 125 children and adolescents per 100,000 population experience syncope each year. Presyncope consists of unsteadiness, weakness, or cognitive symptoms without loss of consciousness. The diagnostic yield of EEG, CT scan, and Doppler varies from two to six percent. Prognosis Thirty percent of people with one episode have recurrence. In children and adolescents, syncope is a benign event.
Cardiovascular syncope is the most common cause of drop attacks in the elderly.
Syncope in children and adolescents . Workup and management of patients with syncope . Clinical Efficacy Assessment Project of the American College of Physicians . Feedback Please read our disclaimer.