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Validation of EGSYS Score in Prediction of Cardiogenic Syncope
Joint Authors
Kariman, Hamid
Harati, Sepideh
Safari, Saeed
Baratloo, Alireza
Pishgahi, Mehdi
Source
Emergency Medicine International
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-11-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction.
Evaluation of Guidelines in Syncope Study (EGSYS) is designed to differentiate between cardiac and noncardiac causes of syncope.
The present study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of this predictive model.
Methods.
In this prospective cross-sectional study, screening performance characteristics of EGSYS-U (univariate) and EGSYS-M (multivariate) in prediction of cardiac syncope were calculated for syncope patients who were referred to the emergency department (ED).
Results.
198 patients with mean age of 59.26 ± 19.5 years were evaluated (62.3% male).
115 (58.4%) patients were diagnosed with cardiac syncope.
Area under the ROC curve was 0.818 (95% CI: 0.75–0.87) for EGSYS-U and 0.805 (CI 95%: 0.74–0.86) for EGSYS-M (p=0.53).
Best cut-off point for both models was ≥3.
Sensitivity and specificity were 86.08% (95% CI: 78.09–91.59) and 68.29% (95% CI: 56.97–77.86) for EGSYS-U and 91.30% (95% CI: 84.20–95.52) and 57.32% (95% CI: 45.92–68.02) for EGSYS-M, respectively.
Conclusion.
The results of this study demonstrated the acceptable accuracy of EGSYS score in predicting cardiogenic causes of syncope at the ≥3 cut-off point.
It seems that using this model in daily practice can help physicians select at risk patients and properly triage them.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kariman, Hamid& Harati, Sepideh& Safari, Saeed & Baratloo, Alireza& Pishgahi, Mehdi. 2015. Validation of EGSYS Score in Prediction of Cardiogenic Syncope. Emergency Medicine International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063905
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kariman, Hamid…[et al.]. Validation of EGSYS Score in Prediction of Cardiogenic Syncope. Emergency Medicine International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063905
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kariman, Hamid& Harati, Sepideh& Safari, Saeed & Baratloo, Alireza& Pishgahi, Mehdi. Validation of EGSYS Score in Prediction of Cardiogenic Syncope. Emergency Medicine International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1063905
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1063905