… Whether presyncope carries the same prognostic implications has not been … of intensive
care unit (ICU) admission in three groups of ED PE patients: those with presyncope; syncope; …

… Several prospective studies enrolling patients with syncope in the emergency department
(ED) reported a prevalence of less than 1.5%. These observational studies provided good …

… average duration in the intensive care unit 1.9 days. There were no significant differences …
patients with APE with or without syncope in hospital duration (P = 0.341) or intensive care unit …

… From March 2012 through October 2014, a total of 2584 patients visited the emergency
departments of the 11 study hospitals (see the Supplementary Appendix, available with the full …

… The prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients presenting with syncope to the
emergency department (ED) is largely unknown. This information, however, is necessary to …

… patients were treated in the Internal Medicine Department of the hospital (including the
internal medicine intensive care unit and the internal medicine emergency department), and …

… of acute PE include syncope in up to one-fourth of all cases. Conversely, acute PE is
diagnosed in one out of six patients admitted to the emergency room for a first episode of syncope …

… Syncope in pulmonary embolism (PE) could be the first sign of haemodynamic compromise.
We aimed to investigate pathomechanisms of syncope … in the emergency departments of the …

… and had fewer abnormal vital signs and a lower percentage of syncope or presyncope. They
also had a lower prevalence of cancer and concurrent deep venous thrombosis, more distal …

… An adverse outcome was defined as a PE-related in-hospital death or PE resulting in a
serious clinical condition requiring intensive care treatment, such as inotropic support and …