Most people think of the bathroom as one of the safest rooms in the home. It’s private, familiar, and routine. Yet for adults ...

In the absence of structural heart disease (including a normal ECG), syncope is most often of neurally mediated reflex origin or orthostatic hypotension. As a rule, reflex etiologies predominate in ...

Syncope is relatively common in the emergency department (ED) -- frequency is approximately 1% to 2% of all ED visits, and syncope accounts for roughly the same percentage of hospital admissions. [1,2 ...

Syncope is a transient and abrupt loss of consciousness with complete return to preexisting neurologic function. It is classified as neurally mediated (i.e., carotid sinus hypersensitivity, ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Vasovagal syncope often happens when standing or sitting up because more blood goes to your legs. If you feel faint, try lying down with your legs elevated or sitting with your head between your knees ...

Common triggers for vasovagal syncope include extreme heat and dehydration. Fainting episodes occur most frequently in people younger than 40 years old. Vasovagal syncope is usually not dangerous, but ...

Syncope should not be ignored as no episode of losing consciousness is normal, says expertiStock Fainting is a temporary loss of consciousness that results in a fall if a person is upright, and it is ...

Pregnant women who experienced episodes of syncope -- or fainting -- had higher rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes, as well as postpartum cardiovascular events, researchers found. Women who ...