Diagnostic pathway syncope and analysis of the impact of guidelines in a district general hospital. The ECSIT study (Epidemiology and Cost of Syncope in Trento)

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-106

  Del Greco, Maurizio ^a   Cozzio, Susanna ^a   Scillieri, Marco ^a   Caprari, Francesca ^b   Scivales, Alessandro ^b   Disertori, Marcello ^a  

^a SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Costs; Guidelines; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEAD TILTING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0037496203     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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