Standardized care pathway versus conventional approach in the management of patients presenting with faint at the University of Utah

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-162

  Sanders, Natalie A ^a   Jetter, Tawni L ^a   Brignole, Michele ^b   Hamdan, Mohamed H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Faint Algorithm; guidelines; syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAINT ALGORITHM; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSEUDOSYNCOPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERTIGO;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNCOPE; UTAH;

EID: 84873407559     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12033     Document Type: Article

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