Adults aged 40 years or older presenting to the emergency department (ED) with presyncope (near-fainting) or syncope (fainting) had similar rates of 30-day serious cardiac outcomes (5.2% vs 4.7%), ...

Episodes of fainting are mostly dismissed as those due to stress, fatigue, or dehydration. Sometimes, even when you do not eat properly, you may feel unconscious, but doctors have a different take.

Fainting represents one of the body’s most dramatic protective mechanisms – a sudden, temporary loss of consciousness that looks alarming but often serves a vital purpose. This phenomenon, medically ...

The ED evaluation of syncope necessitates obtaining a careful history to determine whether such causes as intoxication, sepsis, migraine, or seizure are likely. Physical examination will aid in ...

Timely recognition of symptoms like chest pain, breathlessness, syncope, palpitations, or sudden neurological deficits can ...