The Emergency Department Approach to Syncope: Evidence-based Guidelines and Prediction Rules

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 487-500

  Kessler, Chad ^a,b   Tristano, Jenny M ^c   De Lorenzo, Robert ^d,e  

^a JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Guidelines; San Francisco Syncope Rule; Syncope

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAN FRANCISCO SYNCOPE RULE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNCOPE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 77955615930     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2010.03.014     Document Type: Review

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