New-onset palpitations in general practice: Assessing the discriminant value of items within the clinical history

Family Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 383-392

  Summerton, N ^a   Mann, S ^a   Rigby, A ^a   Petkar, S ^a   Dhawan, J ^a  

^a Winterton Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Diagnosis; Family practice; Medical history taking; Palpitations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 0034887795     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/18.4.383     Document Type: Article

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