Syncope in the emergency department of a large northern Italian hospital: Incidence, efficacy of a short-stay observation ward and validation of the OESIL risk score

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 653-658

  Numeroso, Filippo ^a   Mossini, Gianluigi ^a   Spaggiari, Eleonora ^b   Cervellin, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION UNIT; OSSERVATORIO EPIDEMIOLOGICO DELLA SINCOPE NEL LAZIO RISK SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNCOPE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 77956218225     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.077701     Document Type: Article

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