Syncope
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Syncope is the medical term for fainting or blacking out. It is a sudden loss of consciousness, usually for a short time. It is mostly because there is not enough oxygen in the brain. It can be for other reasons.
| ICD-10 | R55. |
|---|---|
| ICD-9 | 780.2 |
| DiseasesDB | 27303 |
| eMedicine | med/3385 ped/2188 emerg/876 |
| MeSH | D013575 |
Fainting is quite common. It usually happens in two age ranges: the teenage years, and during older age. The chance of a person fainting at least once in a lifetime is about 40 to 50 percent. Syncope causes 1 to 3 percent of all attendances to emergency departments and 1 to 6 percent of all hospital admissions.[1][2]
