Resource utilisation for syncope presenting to an acute hospital Emergency Department

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 551-555

  McCarthy, F ^a   De Bhladraithe, S ^a   Rice, C ^a   McMahon, C G ^a   Geary, U ^a   Plunkett, P K ^a   Crean, P ^a   Murphy, R ^a   Foley, B ^a   Mulvihill, N ^a   Kenny, R A ^a   Cunningham, C J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Emergency Department; Investigations; Resources; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; NEUROIMAGING; OUTPATIENT CARE; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349304355     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-010-0497-z     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. WN Kapoor 1990 Evaluation and outcome of patients with syncope Medicine (Baltimore) 69 3 160 175 1:STN:280:DyaK3c3msFaksQ%3D%3D
2. M Brignole P Alboni DG Benditt, et al. 2004 Guidelines on management (diagnosis and treatment) of syncope-update 2004 Eur Heart J 25 22 2054 2072 10.1016/j.ehj.2004.09.004 15541843
3. M Brignole C Menozzi A Bartoletti, et al. 2006 A new management of syncope: prospective systematic guideline-based evaluation of patients referred urgently to general hospitals Eur Heart J 27 1 76 82 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi647 16272210
4. A Bartoletti P Fabiani P Adriani, et al. 2006 Hospital admission of patients referred to the Emergency Department for syncope: a single-hospital prospective study based on the application of the European Society of Cardiology Guidelines on syncope Eur Heart J 27 1 83 88 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi474 16126717
5. BC Sun JA Emond CA Camargo Jr 2004 Characteristics and admission patterns of patients presenting with syncope to US emergency departments, 1992-2000 Acad Emerg Med 11 10 1029 1034 15466144
6. JJ Blanc C L'Her G Gosselin JC Cornily M Fatemi 2005 Prospective evaluation of an educational programme for physicians involved in the management of syncope Europace 7 4 400 406 10.1016/j.eupc.2005.03.010 15944102
7. JV Quinn IG Stiell DA McDermott KL Sellers MA Kohn GA Wells 2004 Derivation of the San Francisco Syncope Rule to predict patients with short-term serious outcomes Ann Emerg Med 43 2 224 232 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00823-0 14747812
8. WK Shen WW Decker PA Smars, et al. 2004 Syncope Evaluation in the Emergency Department Study (SEEDS): a multidisciplinary approach to syncope management Circulation. 110 24 3636 3645 10.1161/01.CIR.0000149236.92822.07 15536093
9. M Brignole M Disertori C Menozzi, et al. 2003 Management of syncope referred urgently to general hospitals with and without syncope units Europace. 5 3 293 298 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3szhsVWktA%3D%3D 10.1016/S1099-5129(03)00047-3 12842646
10. JJ Blanc C L'Her A Touiza B Garo E L'Her J Mansourati 2002 Prospective evaluation and outcome of patients admitted for syncope over a 1 year period Eur Heart J 23 10 815 820 10.1053/euhj.2001.2975 12009722
11. SD Crane 2002 Risk stratification of patients with syncope in an accident and emergency department Emerg Med J. 19 1 23 27 1:STN:280: DC%2BD38%2FltFOqsg%3D%3D 10.1136/emj.19.1.23 11777866
12. FP Sarasin M Louis-Simonet D Carballo, et al. 2001 Prospective evaluation of patients with syncope: a population-based study Am J Med 111 3 177 184 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3MvoslKjsA%3D%3D 10.1016/S0002-9343(01)00797-5 11530027
13. M Linzer EH Yang NA Estes 3rd P Wang VR Vorperian WN Kapoor 1997 Diagnosing syncope. Part 1: Value of history, physical examination, and electrocardiography. Clinical Efficacy Assessment Project of the American College of Physicians Ann Intern Med 126 12 989 996 1:STN:280: DyaK2szhsFOhsg%3D%3D 9182479
14. WN Kapoor M Karpf S Wieand JR Peterson GS Levey 1983 A prospective evaluation and follow-up of patients with syncope N Engl J Med 309 4 197 204 1:STN:280:DyaL3s3ksVyltg%3D%3D 10.1056/NEJM198307283090401 6866032
15. DJ Farwell AN Sulke 2004 Does the use of a syncope diagnostic protocol improve the investigation and management of syncope? Heart. 90 1 52 58 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3srpsVegtw%3D%3D 10.1136/heart.90.1.52 14676242
16. AD Krahn GJ Klein R Yee V Manda 1999 The high cost of syncope: cost implications of a new insertable loop recorder in the investigation of recurrent syncope Am Heart J 137 5 870 877 1:STN:280:DyaK1M3jvVKitg%3D%3D 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70411-4 10220636
17. American College of Emergency Physicians. 2001 Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of patients presenting with syncope Ann Emerg Med 37 6 771 776 10.1067/mem.2001.114838
18. F McCarthy CG McMahon U Geary PK Plunkett RA Kenny CJ Cunningham European Society of Cardiology 2009 Management of syncope in the Emergency Department: a single hospital observational case series based on the application of European Society of Cardiology Guidelines Europace 11 2 216 224 10.1093/europace/eun323 19038976
19. PE Cotter S Timmons M O'Connor C Twomey D O'Mahony 2006 The financial implications of falls in older people for an acute hospital Ir J Med Sci 175 2 11 13 1:STN:280:DC%2BD28vkvVGrtA%3D%3D 10.1007/BF03167941 16872021
20. Kenny RA, O'Shea D, Walker HF (2002) Age ageing. Impact of a dedicated syncope and falls facility for older adults on emergency beds. 31(4)272-275