Management of syncope in the Emergency Department: A single hospital observational case series based on the application of European Society of Cardiology Guidelines

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-224

  McCarthy, Frances ^a   McMahon, C Geraldine ^a   Geary, Una ^a   Plunkett, Patrick K ^a   Kenny, Rose Anne ^a   Cunningham, Conal J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Hospitalization; Integrated care plan; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED CARE PLAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SYNCOPE;

EID: 59449086403     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun323     Document Type: Article

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