Epidemiological characteristics and diagnostic approach in patients admitted to the emergency room for transient loss of consciousness: Group for Syncope Study in the Emergency Room (GESINUR) study

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 869-876

  Baron Esquivias, Gonzalo ^a   Martínez Alday, Jesús ^b   Martín, Alfonso ^c   Moya, Angel ^d   García Civera, Roberto ^e   Paz Lopez Chicharro M ^f   Martín Mendez, María ^f   Del Arco, Carmen ^g   Laguna, Pedro ^h  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^f Medtronic Ibérica SA ^*  (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Syncope; Transient loss of consciousness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYNCOPE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 77953015990     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq018     Document Type: Article

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