Impact of the application of the American College of Emergency Physicians recommendations for the admission of patients with syncope on a retrospectively studied population presenting to the emergency department

American Heart Journal

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 826-831

  Elesber, Ahmad A ^a   Decker, Wyatt W ^a   Smars, Peter A ^a   Hodge, David O ^a   Shen, Win Kuang ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 19344371090     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.07.024     Document Type: Article

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