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Marc Probst, MD

@probstMD

Academic Emergency Physician. Director of Adult Research @columbiaEM. Syncope researcher. Views are my own and not my employer's.
Manhattan, NY Joined April 2017
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Marc Probst, MD @probstMD
Very pleased to share our publication validating the FAINT and Canadian Syncope Scores for ED patients with unexplained syncope in @JAMANetworkOpen

Both showed excellent discrimination.
The FAINT score outperformed physician gestalt w/r/t sensitivity.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
jamanetwork.com Validation of 2 Syncope Risk Scores and Comparison With Physician Risk Estimation This cohort study validates the ability of 2 risk-stratification tools to estimate 30-day serious outcomes in patients with syncope or presyncope and compares their performance with unstructured...
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Marc Probst, MD @probstMD
Huge congrats to the entire ASPIRED team for this landmark trial! Looking forward to seeing more papers from this dataset.
Determining which syncope patients are most likely to benefit from cardiac monitors could increase yield and optimize resource utilization.
Matt Reed @mattreed73 Nov 3
@theaspiredstudy is accompanied by an excellent @NEJM editorial from @probstMD nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
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Marc Probst, MD @probstMD
Which ED patients with unexplained syncope need an Echo? ❤️‍🩹

There's a score for that: The ROMEO Score. Just validated in age 40+ . Now out in @AcademicEmerMed

(Risk Of Major Echocardiography findings in Older adults with syncope)

Score below...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ac…
onlinelibrary.wiley.com Predicting Echocardiography Findings in Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department With Syncope:... Background Syncope is common in the Emergency Department (ED) and can be associated with structural heart disease (SHD). Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is commonly ordered to assess for SHD. ...
Marc Probst, MD @probstMD
Multidose Ondansetron after Emergency Visits in Children with Gastroenteritis | @NEJM
nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NE…
www.nejm.org Multidose Ondansetron after Emergency Visits in Children with Gastroenteritis | NEJM Ondansetron improves outcomes when administered in emergency departments to children with acute gastroenteritis–associated vomiting. It is commonly prescribed at discharge to reduce symptoms, but e...