San Francisco Syncope Rule to predict short-term serious outcomes: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The San Francisco Syncope Rule has been proposed as a clinical decision rule for risk stratification of patients presenting to the emergency department with syncope. It has been validated across various populations and settings. We undertook a systematic review of its accuracy in predicting short-term serious outcomes.

Methods

We identified studies by means of systematic searches in seven electronic databases from inception to January 2011. We extracted study data in duplicate and used a bivariate random-effects model to assess the predictive accuracy and test characteristics.

Results

We included 12 studies with a total of 5316 patients, of whom 596 (11%) experienced a serious outcome. The prevalence of serious outcomes across the studies varied between 5%

SUBMITTER: Saccilotto RT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3193123 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature