Why has an otherwise healthy woman in her late 60s had repeated episodes of fainting and dizziness for the past several weeks? The woman presented to the emergency department immediately after one ...

Adults aged 40 years or older presenting to the emergency department (ED) with presyncope (near-fainting) or syncope (fainting) had similar rates of 30-day serious cardiac outcomes (5.2% vs 4.7%), ...

Seizures can disrupt the autonomic nervous system, potentially leading to cardiac arrhythmias, which are abnormal heart rhythms. Cardiac arrhythmias can cause convulsive syncope, a condition ...

The syncope that most concerns healthcare professionals is cardiac syncope, blacking out due to an underlying heart disease such as a heart rhythm abnormality, or arrhythmia, he said. "This is usually ...

The ED evaluation of syncope necessitates obtaining a careful history to determine whether such causes as intoxication, sepsis, migraine, or seizure are likely. Physical examination will aid in ...

You may have heard that people who feel faint should sit with their heads between their knees, but is that true? And how can ...

LONDON — You may have heard that people who feel faint should sit with their heads between their knees, but is that true? And how can you tell whether you or someone else who has fainted should go to ...

You may have heard that people who feel faint should sit with their heads between their knees, but is that true? And how can you tell whether you or someone else who has fainted should go to the ...