[1-year prognosis of syncope and brief loss of consciousness in patients over 65. A multicenter study of 188 cases].

The one-year outcome of syncope and transient loss of consciousness was studied prospectively in 188 patients aged over 65 admitted to internal medicine departments. Thirty-seven patients (19.6 p.

[Etiological diagnosis of syncope and brief loss of consciousness in patients over 65. Results of a multicenter prospective study of 188 cases].

In a prospective multicentre study a series of 188 patients over 65 years of age admitted for syncope (90) or transient loss of consciousness (98) was collected. There were 120 women and 68 men; mean age was 78.7 +/- 6.

[Changes in arterial pressure in the postprandial period in the elderly].

The repercussions of food intake on blood pressure may account for certain malaises which occur after meals in elderly people. In this study, blood pressure and heart rate were measured during and after a meal in 39 elderly hospital patients divided into two groups depending on whether or not they were taking drugs likely to act on arterial blood pressure. The patients were compared with two groups of controls: 29 young adults examined after a meal and 16 elderly subjects examined at a distance from meals.