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Evaluation of Guidelines in SYncope Study score (EGSYS score)
Procedure:
feature score palpitations preceding syncope 4 heart disease or abnormal EKG 3 exertional syncope 3 supine syncope 2 precipitating/predisposing factors -1 prodrome -1
Interpretation:
- score >= 3 are associated with higher likelihood of cardiac syncope & increased mortality
General
numerical rating scale (NRS)
References
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8)
Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2013
- Del Rosso A, Ungar A, Maggi R et al
Clinical predictors of cardiac syncope at initial evaluation
in patients referred urgently to a general hospital: the EGSYS
score.
Heart. 2008 Dec;94(12):1620-6. Epub 2008 Jun 2.
PMID: 18519550