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Syncope Burden: Economic Impact of Syncope on Health-Care Resources and Personal Well-Being

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Transient loss of consciousness (T-LOC) accounts for approximately 1% of emergency department (ED) visits based on data derived from various studies in Italy, France, and the USA.1, 2 In the USA, this percentage translated into >1,127 million visits in 2006 based on “primary diagnoses” of “syncope and collapse” recorded in the 2006 National Hospital Ambulatory Care survey, and >411,000 hospital admissions when these diagnoses were listed among discharge diagnoses. Furthermore, recent US estimates indicate that T-LOC accounts annually for >16 million physician office visits, ED visits, and outpatient clinic visits.

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  1. Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Centro Aritmologico, Ospedali del Tigullio, Via Bobbio 24, 16033, Lavagna, Italy

    Dr. Michele Brignole

  2. Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Medical School, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St. SE, 55455, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    Dr. David G. Benditt

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Brignole, M., Benditt, D.G. (2011). Syncope Burden: Economic Impact of Syncope on Health-Care Resources and Personal Well-Being. In: Syncope. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-201-8_4

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