Transient loss of consciousness with and without injuries: Where to treat these patients?

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 91-95

  Martikainen, Kirsti ^a,b   Seppä, Kaija ^b,c   Viita, Paula ^d   Rajala, Sulo ^a   Laippala, Pekka ^b,e   Keränen, Tapani ^c,f  

^a Tampere City Hospital   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Primary Healthcare Emergency Dept   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Hospital admission; Primary healthcare; Transient loss of consciousness; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FINLAND; FRACTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYNCOPE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0842291816     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814780309160411     Document Type: Article

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