Background: Following standard syncope care, after exclusion of cardiac syncope, further workup is generally only recommended in cases of severe syncope due to consequential risk such that syncope is associated with injury or negative impacts on quality of life. This study is aimed to identify incidence and risk factors of severe syncope due to consequential risk, in a cohort of ED patients with non-cardiac syncope.
Methods: In a sample of 356 cases, we we conducted a case-control study comparing personal data, drug regimen, comorbidities, characteristics of syncope and previous episodes in patients with vs.