The management of syncope in a British emergency department compared to recent American guidelines

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 155-157

  Thakore, S B ^a   Crombie, I ^a   Johnston, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admission; American College; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNCOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032714559     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003693309904400510     Document Type: Article

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