Affiliation:
1. Department of Pediatric Cardiovasology, Children’s Medical Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
2. Jishou University School of Medicine, Jishou, Hunan, China
Abstract
Objective: To develop an orthostatic intolerance symptom scoring system to assess orthostatic intolerance and then to compare the symptom score among different head-up tilt test responses. Methods: 272 subjects (5-18 years) presenting with orthostatic intolerance symptoms finished questionnaire and head-up tilt test. According to head-up tilt test hemodynamic responses, the subjects were divided into head-up tilt test negative, vasovagal syncope, and postural tachycardia syndrome groups. Results: We built up a symptom score according to the frequency of dizziness, headache, blurred vision, palpitations, chest discomfort, gastrointestinal symptoms, profuse perspiration, and syncope. The median score in postural tachycardia syndrome subjects was highest. A score of 2.5 for predicting vasovagal syncope yielded a sensitivity of 75.0% and specificity of 50.3%, a score of 5.5 for predicting postural tachycardia syndrome yielded a sensitivity of 69.7% and specificity of 72.0%. Furthermore, the median score in postural tachycardia syndrome subjects was significantly higher than that in head-up tilt test negative subjects with heart rate increment of 30-39 beats/min ( P < .01). Conclusions: This suggests that the symptom score has some predictive value in head-up tilt test results, which can be served as a preliminary assessment instrument.
Subject
Neurology (clinical),Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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