Interactive Pathway: Syncope

Action

Patient presents with transient loss of consciousness

Decision

Was TLOC syncope?

Yes

No → Evaluate as appropriate for seizure, psychogenic TLOC, rare causes of TLOC

Background

Syncope is a transient loss of consciousness (TLOC) that represents the final common pathway of several conditions causing hypoperfusion of the brain. This hypoperfusion may result from decreased peripheral vascular resistance, decreased cardiac output, or both, and is commonly divided into 3 classifications: (1) neurally mediated (reflex) syncope, (2) orthostatic hypotension, and (3) cardiac syncope.

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