"Science Bulletin" online published an article by Jin Hongfang and Du Junbao's team of Peking University Hospital "How to identify vasovagal syncope in children and mental pseudosyncope?"

Recently, the team of Professor Jin Hongfang and Professor Du Junbao from the Pediatrics Department of Peking University First Hospital published online in Science Bulletin ("Science Bulletin") (impact factor 20.

Differential Diagnosis in Children with Transient Loss of Consciousness: Vasovagal Syncope or Psychotic Pseudosyncope? An article published online in Science Bulletin

Common causes of transient loss of consciousness (TLOC) include syncope caused by various etiologies, psychiatric pseudosyncope (PPS) seizures, and epilepsy

This article mainly analyzes the main differences in pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and auxiliary examinations between VVS and PPS, finds out the main problems of previous differential diagnosis methods, and analyzes and evaluates two recently proposed auxiliary differential scoring systems

To sum up, detailed medical history collection, physical examination and basic electrocardiogram examination are important foundations for establishing accurate diagnosis.

Liao Ying, Deputy Chief Physician of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, is the first author of this article, Jin Hongfang is the corresponding author, and Du Junbao and Professor DG Benditt of the University of Minnesota Department of Medicine are the guiding authors of this article