Syncope in pediatric patients presenting to an emergency department

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-228

  Massin, Martial M ^a,b   Bourguignont, Astrid ^a   Coremans, Christine ^a   Comté, Laetitia ^a   Lepage, Philippe ^a   Gérard, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Division of Pediatric Cardiology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ED; Emergency department; NCS; Neurocardiogenic syncope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROCARDIOGENIC SYNCOPE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SYNCOPE; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SYNCOPE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 3342893220     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.01.048     Document Type: Article

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