Risk stratification of patients with syncope

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 174-175

  Quinn, James ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE;

EID: 34249337096     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500015025     Document Type: Note

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