Syncope Evaluation in the Emergency Department Study (seeds): A multidistiplinary approach to syncope management

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 3636-3645

  Shen, Win K ^a   Decker, Wyatt W ^a   Smars, Peter A ^a   Goyal, Deepi G ^a   Walker, Ann E ^a   Hodge, David O ^a   Trusty, Jane M ^a   Brekke, Karen M ^a   Jahangir, Arshad ^a   Brady, Peter A ^a   Munger, Thomas M ^a   Gersh, Bernard J ^a   Hammill, Stephen C ^a   Frye, Robert L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Prognosis; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SURVIVAL; SYNCOPE;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 20844432853     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000149236.92822.07     Document Type: Article

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