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  • Syncope key facts
  • Definitions and causes of syncope and blackouts
    • Vasovagal syncope
    • Case histories - Vasovagal syncope
    • Orthostatic hypotension
    • Case histories - Orthostatic hypotension
    • Postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS)
    • Cardiac syncope
    • Case histories - Cardiac syncope
    • Other types of blackout and syncope
    • Case history - Pseudosyncope
  • Initial assessment of the syncope patient
    • Primary care syncope checklist
    • Differentiating vasovagal syncope epilepsy and psychogenic pseudosyncope
  • Management of syncope
  • Investigations
    • Case history - Syncope of unknown origin
  • Syncope and specific patient groups
    • Syncope in children and young adults
    • Case history - Child with syncope
    • Pregnancy and syncope
    • Syncope in athletes
    • Falls and syncope
    • Case histories - Falls and syncope
  • Case histories
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Syncope is very common and will affect 42% of people during their lifetime

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  • Pregnancy and syncope
  • Syncope in athletes
  • Falls and syncope

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