Syncope in the emergency department: Comparison of standardized admission criteria with clinical practice

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1632-1638

  Daccarett, Marcos ^a   Jetter, Tawni L ^a   Wasmund, Stephen L ^a   Brignole, Michele ^a,b   Hamdan, Mohamed H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Emergency department; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNCOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054937553     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur201     Document Type: Article

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