Long-Term Active Orthostatic Stress Test (AOST) in Patients with Epilepsy, Syncope, or Psychogenic falls: A Video-EEG Study
M Lindenau, T Malina, SRG Stodieck · Klinische Neurophysiologie · 2004 · Heft 08
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Introduction: Many patients are referred to our epilepsy center for the differential diagnosis (DD) of sudden unexplained falls or loss of muscle tone with or without loss of consciousness (SUF). We prospectively evaluated a diagnostic protocol including an active orthostatic stress test in 115 patients. Patients: Evaluation included all consecutive patients referred for DD of SUF between 05/02 and 06/04 in whom syncope was a probable diagnosis. Patients had neurological and cardiological evaluation (incl. normal tilt-table test) without a definite diagnosis. Age was 12 to 88 years with a median of 36 years, 59…