Clinical Case Database / Category: Patient Management
Childhood syncope
Publication details
Dr Gabrielle Parker, Dr Pradip Thakker
Foundation Years Journal, volume 8, issue 6, p.16 (123Doc Education, London, June 2014)
Abstract
Syncope is a sudden, self-limited loss of consciousness due to transient global cerebral hypoperfusion. Up to 15 percent of children experience a syncopal episode prior to the end of adolescence (1). It is a common reason for presentation to both general practice and emergency departments, and is therefore a condition that is likely to be encountered during foundation years training. The aetiology of syncopal episodes in children is most often benign, but they can occur as the result of more serious (usually cardiac) disease, with the potential for sudden death.
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Authors
Dr Gabrielle Parker
Specialty Registrar in Paediatrics, ST6
Nottingham Children’s Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre,
Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH
gabrielle.parker@nuh.nhs.uk
Dr Pradip Thakker (Corresponding author)
Consultant Paediatrician with Special Interest in Paediatric Cardiology
Nottingham Children’s Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre,
Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH
pradip.thakker@nuh.nhs.uk
References
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6. DoH CHD NSF Chapter 8: Arrhythmias and Sudden Death. March 2005.
8. Transient loss of consciousness in adults and young people. NICE clinical guideline 109.
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