Admission for syncope: Evaluation, cost and prognosis according to etiology

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-108

  Shiyovich, Arthur ^a   Munchak, Itamar ^a   Zelingher, Julian ^a   Grosbard, Aviva ^a   Katz, Amos ^b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cost; Etiology; Evaluation; Prognosis; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYNCOPE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WARD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNCOPE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42949123378     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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