Sex differences in the emergency department evaluation of elderly patients with syncope

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1202-1205

  Grossman, Shamai A ^a   Shapiro, Nathan I ^a   Van Epp, Sara ^a   Konen, Rochelle ^a   Arnold, Ryan ^a   Moore, Richard ^a   Lee, Lily ^a   Wolfe, Richard E ^a   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNCOPE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 25644446845     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.9.1202     Document Type: Article

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