Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The role of the electroencephalogram as a tool for the investigation of syncope

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Irish Journal of Medical Science Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Soteriades ES (2002) Incidence and prognosis of syncope. N Engl J Med 347:878–885

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Abubakr A, Wambacq I (2005) The diagnostic value of EEGs in patients with syncope. Epilepsy Behav 6(3):433–434

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Poliquin-Lasnier L, Moore FG (2009) EEG in suspected syncope: do EEGs ordered by neurologists give a higher yield? Can J Neurol Sci 36(6):769–773

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Santoshkumar B, Chong JJ, Blume WT et al (2009) Prevalence of benign epileptiform variants. Clin Neurophysiol 120(5):856–861

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2012) The epilepsies: the diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care. http://publications.nice.org.uk/the-epilepsies-the-diagnosis-and-management-of-the-epilepsies-in-adults-and-children-in-primary-and-cg137

Download references

Conflict of interest

None.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland

    A. McCarthy & A. Neligan

  2. Department of Neurophysiology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

    B. McNamara

  3. Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland

    A. McCarthy, A. Neligan & B. McNamara

Authors
  1. A. McCarthy
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. A. Neligan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. B. McNamara
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to A. McCarthy.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

McCarthy, A., Neligan, A. & McNamara, B. The role of the electroencephalogram as a tool for the investigation of syncope. Ir J Med Sci 181, 571–572 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-012-0816-7

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-012-0816-7

Keywords

Search

Navigation