Evaluation of Syncope,Its Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcome and Prognosis (E-STOP)

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Syncope

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT00764985

ESTOP-08-024

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators want to look at how patients admitted after passing out (syncope) or nearly passing out (pre-syncope) do after going home and how many of them remain free of symptoms of syncope or pre-syncope.

Enrollment: 540 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All adult patients (age 18 or older) admitted with syncope or near-syncope

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who do not speak/read the language of the consent form
• Prisoners
• Patients who are of altered mental status or had head trauma
• Refusal or inability to sign consent

Trial design

540 participants in 1 patient group

Syncope