Links and Further Reading
Petkar, S., Jackson, M., Fitzpatrick, A. Management of blackouts and misdiagnosis ofepilepsy and falls. Royal College of Physicians Journal : vol 5 :September/OctoberConference reports
Fitzpatrick, A; Cooper P. Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Blackouts. Heart 2006; 92: 559-568
NICE 2004. CG20 Epilepsy in adults and children: Full guideline – last accessed 24 July 2013
Department of Health, National Service Framework, Arrhythmias and Sudden CardiacDeaths. March 2005 - last accessed 24 July 2013
Hosker H. Investigating Possible Causes of Blackouts and Collapse, Independent Nurse 22 May 2006
Smith, D, Defalla B.A. and Chadwick D.W. The misdiagnosis of epilepsy and the management of refractory epilepsy in a specialist clinic Q J Med 1999; 92: 15-23
Brignole M. et al Guidelines on management (diagnosis and treatment) of syncope European Heart Journal Volume 22, Number 15 Pp. 1256-1306
Brenner, Richard P. Electroencephalography in Syncope Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. Neurocardiogenic Syncope. 14(3):197-209, May 1997
Benditt DG et al. Tilt table testing for assessing syncope J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996 Jul;28(1):263-75
Shukla G.J., Zimetbaum P.J., Syncope Circulation 2006;113; 715-717
Articles
The following articles are provided by the UK blackouts charity STARS
European Society of Cardiology Syncope GuidelinesReflex Asystolic Syncope: a case controlled study of family history
- Trudie Lobban - Syncope Trust And Reflex anoxic Seizures, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
- Gordon Bates - Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK
- Paraic Curran - Paediatric Neurology, Queen’s Medical Centre
- Jacqueline Collier UK - Academic Child Health, University of Nottingham, UK
- William P Whitehouse - Paediatric Neurology, Queen’s Medical Centre; Academic Child Health, University of Nottingham, UK
Reflex Asystolic Syncope: results of a pilot parent questionnaire
- Trudie Lobban - Syncope Trust And Reflex anoxic Seizures, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
- Sasha Hvidsten - Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, Coventry, UK
- Gordon Bates - Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, Coventry, UK
- William Whitehouse - Princess of Wales Children’s Hospital, Birmingham and Queen’s Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, UK
Syncopal seizure semiology in children
- Trudie Lobban - Syncope Trust And Reflex anoxic Seizures, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
- Santosh Mordekar - Child Neurology, Queen’s Medical Centre, University of Nottingham UK
- Jacqueline Collier - Child Neurology, Queen’s Medical Centre, University of Nottingham UK
- Gordon Bates - Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, Park View Clinic, Birmingham, UK
- William Whitehouse - Child Neurology, Queen’s Medical Centre, University of Nottingham UK
- Reflex Asystolic Syncope: associated features, impact and family history
- William Whitehouse - Child Neurology, Queen’s Medical Centre, University of Nottingham UK
- Trudie Lobban - Syncope Trust And Reflex anoxic Seizures, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
- R Gayatri - Child Neurology, Queen’s Medical Centre, University of Nottingham UK
- Jacqueline Collier - Child Neurology, Queen’s Medical Centre, University of Nottingham UK
- Gordon Bates - Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, Park View Clinic, Birmingham, UK
Quality of Life in Syncopal Patients
- Nynke van Dijk - Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam
- Mirjam A. Sprangers - Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam
- Nancy Colman - Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam
- Wouter Wieling - Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam
- Mark Linzer - University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
- To Stand on One’s Own Legs
- Prof Christopher J Mathias
- Clinical Medicine Vol 2 No 3 May/June 2002