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4011842

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
216
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-8-21
pubmed:abstractText
Although syncope is common in the elderly, little is known of its epidemiology and prognosis. A retrospective analysis of syncope in 711 very old (mean age 87 years) institutionalised patients revealed a 10 year prevalence of 23 per cent and one year incidence of 7 per cent. A two-year prospective follow-up of this population revealed a yearly incidence of 6 per cent and recurrence rate of 30 per cent. Of 67 patients who developed syncope during follow-up, a cause was established in 46; 14 (21 per cent) had cardiac and 32 (48 per cent) had non-cardiac aetiologies. Twenty-one cases (31 per cent) remained unexplained. Patients who developed syncope were initially more functionally disabled (p = 0.003) and subsequently changed function more frequently (p = 0.03) than those without the development of syncope, but two year rates of hospitalisation and death were not different between the two groups. Life-table survival analysis showed no difference in the mortality of subgroups with cardiac, non-cardiac, and unknown aetiologies of syncope. Syncope is common in multiply impaired elders and is likely a manifestation of co-morbid disease rather than an independent contributor to mortality.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0033-5622
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
45-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Syncope in an elderly, institutionalised population: prevalence, incidence, and associated risk.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't