Prognosis

• your patient is aged 45 or less
• 4 or more episodes of syncope in the last year
• 2 or more psychiatric diagnoses  

Why?

Recurrent syncope, psychiatric problems and a young age increase the risk of recurrence

Patient	Prognostic Factor	Outcome	CER	OR (95% CI)	NNF+ (95% CI)
syncope a	aged 45 or less independent	recurrent syncope at 12 months	34%	1.9 (1.1 to 3.4)	3 (1 to 29)
	4 or more episodes of syncope in the last year independent			3.8 (2.1 to 7.0)	1 (1 to 3)
	2 or more psychiatric diagnoses independent			2.3 (1.0 to 1.6)	2 (5 to infinity)