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Summary: Syncope is a transient loss of consciousness typically due to cerebral hypoperfusion with many causes, including pulmonary embolism. The prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with syncope is unknown; hence, in a prospective study, Prandoni et al. and the PESIT investigators report in...

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Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5343737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28289452
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.131316
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description Summary: Syncope is a transient loss of consciousness typically due to cerebral hypoperfusion with many causes, including pulmonary embolism. The prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with syncope is unknown; hence, in a prospective study, Prandoni et al. and the PESIT investigators report in the New England Journal of Medicine the prevalence of pulmonary embolism in 560 patients admitted for a first episode of syncope at 11 medical centres in Italy.
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spelling pubmed-53437372017-03-13 Hot topics from the Assemblies Breathe (Sheff) Expert opinion Summary: Syncope is a transient loss of consciousness typically due to cerebral hypoperfusion with many causes, including pulmonary embolism. The prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with syncope is unknown; hence, in a prospective study, Prandoni et al. and the PESIT investigators report in the New England Journal of Medicine the prevalence of pulmonary embolism in 560 patients admitted for a first episode of syncope at 11 medical centres in Italy. European Respiratory Society 2017-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5343737/ /pubmed/28289452 http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.131316 Text en ©ERS 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Breathe articles are open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Licence 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5343737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28289452
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.131316

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