Affiliation:
1. Emergency Department. Bidasoa Hospital. Finca Zubieta s / n 20280. Hondarribia (Guipúzcoa, Spain)
Abstract
There is currently no emergency congress without a table and/or ultrasonography workshop at the bedside and recently the new guidance on the management of syncope has been published (ESC Guide 2018 on the diagnosis and treatment of syncope [1]). Together with the possibility of cushioning the problem of the excess of requests for complementary tests in the emergency departments, we believe that this article combines both aspects and provides an interesting point of reflection.
Keywords: Syncope, Pulmonary embolism, Ultrasound at the bedside, Supplementary tests.
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