Collapse query cause: The management of adult syncope in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 589-594

  Reed, Matt J ^a   Gray, A ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; COLLAPSE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNCOPE;

EID: 33748045119     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.032136     Document Type: Review

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