RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Fifteen-minute consultation on limiting investigations in the fainting child JF Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health SP 26 OP 30 DO 10.1136/archdischild-2015-308422 VO 101 IS 1 A1 Harris, Michael A1 Bu'Lock, Frances YR 2016 UL http://ep.bmj.com/content/101/1/26.abstract AB Syncope can be a dramatic and frightening experience for the patient and onlookers. It can also be a confusing area for doctors, with a lack of diagnostic certainty and a differential that ranges from the completely benign to the life-threatening. This is a tricky area for clinicians, who can find it difficult to reassure their patients and their families. The aim of this article is to present a clear scheme for appropriate investigation and referral of paediatric patients with syncope. The aim of investigations in such cases should be to confirm or exclude serious, life-threatening causes of syncope.