Evaluation of the patient with syncope: An evidence based approach

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 189-201

  Meyer, M D ^a   Handler, J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL SCINTISCANNING; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0033011035     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70052-3     Document Type: Article

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