Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Patients Admitted With Syncope; Diagnosis and Follow up After These Patients

Suspended

• Conditions: Diagnosis; Recurrence

• Registration Number: NCT01201993
• Lead Sponsor: Carmel Medical Center

Brief Summary

The investigators hypothesis is that a significant number of patients may remain without specific cause and have recurrent syncope with its associated physical and mental morbidity.

Detailed Description

1. Patients with diagnosis of syncope who were admitted to the medical ward will be interviewed and their charts reviewed to rule in or out the diagnosis of syncope.

2. Assess physical and mental injury as a result of syncope.

3. The lab workup will be documented including;

1. - Routine blood tests.

* troponin level.

2. - ECG.

* Echocardiogram

* Brain CT.

* EEG.

* U/S doppler of carotids.

* Tilt tests.

4. At the time of diagnosis the final diagnosis will be documented including recommendations for patients to prevent syncope after discharge.

5. Follow up after patients by phone verifying recurrence of syncope and resulting physical and or mental injury if any.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-08
• Study First Submitted: 2010-08-17
• Status Verified: 2010-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-09-14
• Study First Posted: 2010-09-15
• Study Completion: 2011-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-06-19
• Last Update Posted: 2011-06-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: SUSPENDED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• patients with diagnosis of syncope on admission to the medical ward.

Exclusion Criteria

• patients with loss of consciousness due to other than low perfusion of the brain
• patients that can't sign a consent form
• patients that we can't get details about the episode of the syncope

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
diagnosis	1 year	Final diagnosis as a cause of syncope

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
recurrence	6 months	how many patients had recurrence of syncope and average number of syncope in these patients during the period of follow up of each patient.
physical injury	6 months	During this period of follow up of each patient, was there a physical injury, graded either none, mild, moderate or severe (bedridden)
Mental effect	6 months	fear of recurrent syncope affecting his mobility and graded from mild to severe where severe indicates fear of moving even one step without support.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Medicine, Carmel Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Haifa, Israel