Syncope risk stratification in the emergency department

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-38

  Costantino, Giorgio ^a   Furlan, Raffaello ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Risk stratification; Rule; Score; Syncope; T LoC

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; D DIMER; TROPONIN;

ANAMNESIS; BOSTON SYNCOPE RULE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DETERIORATION; EGSYS SCORE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FAINTNESS; FALLING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MORTALITY; OESIL RISK SCORE; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROSE RULE; SAN FRANCISCO SYNCOPE RULE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART DISEASES; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84870542927     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: 15582264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2012.10.003     Document Type: Review

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