Do patients with a negative Emergency Department evaluation for syncope require hospital admission?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-343

  Morag, Rumm M ^a,c   Murdock, Linette F ^b   Khan, Zaber A ^b   Heller, Mitchell J ^b   Brenner, Barry E ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

decision rules; risk stratification; syncope; vasovagal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 6344253337     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.04.017     Document Type: Article

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