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%), ...

Episodes of fainting are mostly dismissed as those due to stress, fatigue, or dehydration. Sometimes, even when you do not eat properly, you may feel unconscious, but doctors have a different take.

Fainting represents one of the body’s most dramatic protective mechanisms – a sudden, temporary loss of consciousness that looks alarming but often serves a vital purpose. This phenomenon, medically ...

When the heart beats too fast or too slow, blood pressure can drop suddenly, reducing blood flow to the brain and causing a ...

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 ...

A syncope is the clinical name given to a brief blackout (visual greyout) or an episode of fainting or momentary collapse. It is triggered when the brain does not receive enough blood for a short ...

While fainting is often linked to stress, dehydration or prolonged standing, some episodes may be caused by cardiac syncope, a serious condition resulting from a sudden drop in blood flow from the ...