Beware of Eyewitness Accounts of Syncope or Seizures

Beware of Eyewitness Accounts of Syncope or Seizures Key point: Bystanders’ descriptions of acute neurologic events often are simply wrong. Citation: Thijs RD, Wagenaar WA, Middelkoop HAM, et al. Transient loss of consciousness through the eyes of a witness. Neurology. 2008; 71: 1713-1718. Diagnosis of sudden catastrophic illness depends a good deal on eyewitness accounts. But, as criminologists know, eyewitnesses can be unreliable. Now, a team of neurologists in the Netherlands has reconfirmed this finding. …

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