Increased risk of vascular events in emergency room patients discharged home with diagnosis of dizziness or vertigo: A 3-year follow-up study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Ching Chih ^a,b,c   Ho, Hsu Chueh ^b,c   Su, Yu Chieh ^b,c   Chiu, Brian C H ^d   Su, Yung Cheng ^b,c   Lee, Yi Da ^b   Chou, Pesus ^a   Chien, Sou Hsin ^b,c   Huang, Yung Sung ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY WARD; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; URBANIZATION; VERTIGO; ADOLESCENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEADACHE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; VASCULAR DISEASES; VERTIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860477127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035923     Document Type: Article

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