Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Syncope

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 431-444

  Huff, J Stephen ^a   Decker, Wyatt W ^a   Quinn, James V ^a   Perron, Andrew D ^a   Napoli, Anthony M ^a   Peeters, Suzanne ^a   Jagoda, Andy S ^a  

^a American Coll of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policies Subcommittee (Writing Committee) on Syncope   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNCOPE;

EID: 33947185657     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.02.001     Document Type: Review

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