The San Francisco Syncope Rule vs physician judgment and decision making

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 782-786

  Quinn, James V ^a   Stiell, Ian G ^c   McDermott, Daniel A ^b   Kohn, Michael A ^d   Wells, George A ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSERVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SAN FRANCISCO; SYNCOPE; TRIAGE;

EID: 25144449268     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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