Original Article

CME Article: Yield of Diagnostic Tests and Its Impact on Cost in Adult Patients with Syncope Presenting to a Community Hospital

Objectives: Total annual costs for syncope-related hospitalizations were $2.4 billion in 2000. The aim of this study was to examine the type and number of tests ordered for patients admitted with syncope and whether these tests helped establish the cause. Methods: We studied the records of 1038 patients coded as…