Score of Sheldon et al for Distinguishing Between Seizure and Syncope in a Patient

Are you trying to decide if a patient has had a seizure or syncopal episode?

• waken with a cut tongue?

• show abnormal behavior observed by others (unusual posturing, limb jerking, unresponsivenss, etc)?

• lose consciousness during emotional stress?

• show postictal confusion?

• show head turning to one side during loss of consciousness?

• have a prodromal déjà vu or jamais vu?

• experience any presyncope?

• have diaphoresis before a spell?

• lose consciousness after prolonged sitting or standing?