M Ghariq, W B van den Hout, O M Dekkers, M Bootsma, B de Groot, J G J Groothuis, M P M Harms, M E W Hemels, E C A Kaal, E M Koomen, F J de Lange, S Y G Peeters, I A van Rossum, J H W Rutten, E W van Zwet, J G van Dijk, R D Thijs
BACKGROUND: Syncope management is fraught with unnecessary tests and frequent failure to establish a diagnosis. We evaluated the potential of implementing the 2018 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Syncope Guidelines regarding diagnostic yield, accuracy and costs. METHODS: A multicentre pre-post study in five Dutch hospitals comparing two groups of syncope patients visiting the emergency department: one before intervention (usual care; from March 2017 to February 2019) and one afterwards (from October 2017 to September 2019)...
September 25, 2023: BMC Medicine