Initial experience with a rapid access blackouts triage clinic

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-16

  Petkar, S ^a   Bell, W ^a   Rice, N ^a   Iddon, P ^b   Cooper, P ^c   McKee, D ^a   Curtis, N ^a   Hanley, M ^a   Stuart, J ^a   Mackway Jones, K ^a   Fitzpatrick, A P ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Manchester Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blackout; Misdiagnosis; Transient loss of consciousness (T LOC); Triage clinic

Indexed keywords

MIDODRINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNCOPE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNITED KINGDOM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNCOPE; TRIAGE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958047288     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.11-1-11     Document Type: Article

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