Standardized reporting guidelines for emergency department syncope risk-stratification research

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 694-702

  Sun, Benjamin C ^a   Thiruganasambandamoorthy, Venkatesh ^b   Dela Cruz, Jeffrey ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERNET; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; STRATIFICATION; SYNCOPE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84862259454     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01375.x     Document Type: Review

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