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Syncope

ClinicalTests

CBC (low Hb);  BUN/creatinine, UA, electrolytes (KI); occult fecal blood test (intestinal blood loss); blood glucose (blood sugar)

ImagingStudies

ECG (for everyone),  Echocardiography (heart structure), chest x-Ray (lung mass, pneumonia), ventilation/perfusion scan (PE), head image for neurological origin (CT, MRI); Doppler US (carotid artery)

PhysicalExams

 Clinic: sign of trauma (blood loss), sign of head trauma, lung auscultation, heart auscultation (murmur, arrhythmia), vitals (temp, BP, orthostatic hypotension, HR, BR, oxymetr).

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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0301/p303.html | https://ddxof.com/syncope/ | https://www.aafp.org/afp/2011/0901/p527.html