Prevalence of orthostatic hypotension among patients presenting with syncope in the ED

Kapoor, 1990, Syncope, N Engl J Med 2000, 343, 1856, 10.1056/NEJM200012213432507 Manolis, 1990, Syncope: current diagnostic evaluation and management, Ann Intern Med, 112, 850, 10.7326/0003-4819-112-11-850 Linzer, 1997, Diagnosing syncope. Part 1: Value of history, physical examination and electrocardiography, Ann Intern Med, 126, 989, 10.7326/0003-4819-126-12-199706150-00012 Linzer, 1997, Diagnosing syncope. Part 2: Unexplained syncope, Ann Intern Med, 127, 76, 10.7326/0003-4819-127-1-199707010-00014 Atkins, 1991, Syncope and orthostatic hypotension, Am J Med, 91, 179, 10.1016/0002-9343(91)90012-M Day, 1982, Evaluation and outcome of emergency room patients with transient loss of consciousness, Am J Med, 73, 15, 10.1016/0002-9343(82)90913-5 Martin, 1984, Prospective evaluation of syncope, Ann Emerg Med, 13, 499, 10.1016/S0196-0644(84)80511-9 Silverstein, 1982, Patients with syncope admitted to intensive care units, JAMA, 248, 1185, 10.1001/jama.1982.03330100023024 Forman, 1997, Syncope in the elderly, Cardiol Clin, 15, 295, 10.1016/S0733-8651(05)70337-4 Sarasin, 2001, Prospective evaluation of the patient with syncope: a population-based study, Am J Med, 111, 177, 10.1016/S0002-9343(01)00797-5 1995, Circulation, 92, 673 Charlson, 1987, A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: development and validation, J Chronic Dis, 50, 373, 10.1016/0021-9681(87)90171-8 Task Force on Syncope, European Society of Cardiology, 2001, Guidelines on management of syncope, Eur Heart J, 22, 1256, 10.1053/euhj.2001.2739 Wynne, 1996, Drug-induced orthostatic hypotension, 137 Jansen, 1995, Postprandial hypotension: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical management, Ann Intern Med, 122, 286, 10.7326/0003-4819-122-4-199502150-00009 Maurer, 2000, Upright posture and postprandial hypotension in elderly persons, Ann Intern Med, 133, 533, 10.7326/0003-4819-133-7-200010030-00012 Narang, 1996, Mode of death in chronic heart failure: a request and proposition for more accurate classification, Eur Heart J, 17, 1390, 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a015074 Lipsitz, 1985, Syncope in the elderly, institutionalized populations: prevalence, incidence and asociated risk, QJM, 55, 45 Kapoor, 1987, Syncope in older persons, J Am Geriatr Soc, 35, 826, 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1987.tb06364.x Polanczyk, 2000, Ten-years trends in hospital care for congestive heart failure; improved outcomes and increased use of resources, Arch Intern Med, 160, 325, 10.1001/archinte.160.3.325