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An Assessment Of The Diagnostic Value In Syncope Workup: A Retrospective Study, Ashan T. Hatharasinghe, Kayvon Etebar, Ryan Wolsky, Hossein Akhondi, Napatkamon Ayutyanont

HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine

Background

Patients with syncope often undergo costly testing, despite current guidelines and data supporting the contrary.

Objective

To determine the diagnostic value through positivity rate of electrocardiogram (EKG), computed tomography (CT) of the brain, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain, transthoracic echocardiogram, nuclear and pharmacologic cardiac stress test, tilt table test and carotid ultrasound in patients diagnosed with syncope.

Methods

This is a retrospective study of 10,036 adults presenting to the emergency department or hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of syncope at 8 acute care facilities in the southwest United States from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019. …

Proportion Of Pre-Dialysis Prolonged Qt Dispersion In Twiceweekly Chronic Hemodialysis Patients And Its Associated Factors, Arief Pattiiha, Muhammad Yamin, Aida Lydia, Murdani Abdullah

Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia

Introduction. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the common cause of mortality in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD). Causes of CVD in ESRD patients are multifactorial. Ventricular arrhythmia is known as the leading cause of sudden death in dialysis patients. QT dispersion, which is measured from electrocardiography (ECG), is known as one of the parameters to assess the risk of arrhythmia in HD patients. This study aimed to determine the proportion of pre-dialysis prolonged QT dispersion in chronic twice-weekly HD patients and the associated factors. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted among HD patients age ≥18 years with dialysis …