The evaluation and treatment of syncope
Subtitle: a handbook for clinical practice
By: edited by David G. Benditt ... [et al.].
Contributors: Benditt, David G.; European Society of Cardiology.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Futura
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405135016
Subjects: Syncope (Pathology) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Syncope -- therapy; Syncope -- diagnosis; Syncope -- physiopathology
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Publication based on the Guidelines on management (diagnosis and treatment) of syncope by the European Society of Cardiology.
Table of contents: title: Syncope: definition, classification and multiple potential causes / Jean-Jacques Blanc, David G. Benditt; title: What is syncope and what is not syncope: the importance of definitions / J. Gert van Dijk, Adam Fitzpatrick; title: Pathophysiology and clinical presentation / Wouter Wieling ... [et al.]; title: Maintaining blood pressure whilst upright: physiology and potential for disturbances to cause syncope / Christopher Mathias; title: Epidemiology and social costs of syncope / Rose Anne Kenny, Wishwa Kapoor; title: Overview of recommended diagnostic strategies / Richard Sutton, David G. Benditt; title: Initial evaluation of syncope patient / Antonio Raviele, Paolo Alboni; title: The role of the prepared questionnaire in initial evaluation of transient losses of consciousness / Anna Serletis, Robert Sheldon; title: Who should be evaluated and treated in hospital, and who can be managed as an outpatient? / David G. Benditt; title: Organizing management of syncope in the hospital and clinic (the syncope unit) / Rose Anne Kenny, Michele Brignole; title: Impact of syncope guidelines on clinical care / Michele Brignole; title: Ambulatory electrocardiographic (AECG) monitoring for evaluation of syncope / Adam Fitzpatrick, David G. Benditt; title: Hemodynamic sensors: the future evaluation of syncope / David G. Benditt; title: The basic autonomic assessment / Richard Sutton, David G. Benditt; title: Electrophysiological testing / Fei Lu, Lennart Bergfeldt; title: Miscellaneous diagnostic procedures: when are they indicated? / Lennart Bergfeldt, Piotr Kulakowski; title: Neurologic diagnostic procedures in syncope / J. Gert van Dijk; title: Contribution of psychiatric disorders to apparent syncope / George Theodorakis; title: Who to treat / Michele Brignole, Rose-Anne Kenny; title: Specific causes of syncope and their treatment strategies / David G. Benditt ... [et al.]; title: Syncope and other causes of transient loss of consciousness in children, teenagers and adolescent / Wouter Wieling; title: Syncope in elderly patients / Rose Anne Kenny; title: Conditions that mimic syncope / J. Gert Van Dijk.