FAINT Score (Older-Adult ED Syncope)
FAINT score (Probst 2020): heart failure, arrhythmia history, abnormal ECG, elevated NT-proBNP, and elevated hs-troponin identify older ED syncope patients not at low risk for a 30-day serious cardiac outcome.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- History of heart failure
- Yes
- History of cardiac arrhythmia
- No
- Abnormal initial ECG
- No
- Elevated NT-proBNP
- Yes
- Elevated hs-troponin
- No
Result: FAINT score 3 — not low risk (~6.9% 30-day serious cardiac outcome).
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- 0
- Low risk (~0.9% 30-day serious cardiac outcome).
- >= 1
- Not low risk (~6.9%). Heart failure, arrhythmia, abnormal ECG, NT-proBNP (+2), hs-troponin. A risk score, not an admission order.
What you enter
- History of heart failure (+1)
- History of cardiac arrhythmia (+1)
- Abnormal initial ECG (+1)
- Elevated NT-proBNP (+2)
- Elevated hs-troponin (+1)
How this is calculated
Probst MA, Gibson T, Weiss RE, et al. Risk stratification of older adults who present to the emergency department with syncope: the FAINT score. Ann Emerg Med. 2020;75(2):147-158. Read the source ↗
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