Table 1 Group characteristics of suspected (pre) syncope patients in the Emergency Department

 Male, n (%)

66 (65.3)

62 (53.0)

0.065

 Age, mean ± SD

59 ± 20

61 ± 21

0.280

Specialists in the ED, n (%)

0.177

•Emergency Medicine

62 (61.4)

58 (49.6)

•Internal Medicine

14 (13.9)

27 (23.1)

•Cardiology

25 (24.8)

32 (27.4)

Diagnosis by initial treating physician,n (%)

< 0.001*

•Vasovagal reflex syncope

54 (53.5)

36 (30.8)

•Situational reflex syncope

3 (3.0)

2 (1.7)

•Carotid sinus hypersensitivity

–

–

•Cardiac syncope

10 (9.9)

27 (23.1)

•Initial orthostatic hypotension

–

–

•Orthostatic hypotension

14 (13.9)

14 (12.0)

•Psychogenic pseudosyncope

–

–

•Other cause, non-syncope

7 (6.9)

10 (8.5)

•Unknown

13 (12.9)

28 (23.9)

Admission, n (%)

16 (15.8)

53 (45.3)

< 0.001*

•30 days

–

3 (2.6)

–

•1 year

5 (5.0)

18 (15.4)

0.005*