Incidence, etiology and predictors of adverse outcomes in 43,315 patients presenting to the Emergency Department with syncope: An international meta-analysis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-62

  D'Ascenzo, Fabrizio ^a,i   Biondi Zoccai, Giuseppe ^b,i   Reed, Matthew J ^d   Gabayan, Gelareh Z ^c   Suzuki, Masaru ^e   Costantino, Giorgio ^f   Furlan, Raffaello ^f   Del Rosso, Andrea ^g   Sarasin, Francois P ^h   Sun, Benjamin C ^c   Modena, Maria Grazia ^b   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g Azienda USL 11   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Meta analysis and Evidence based Medicine Training in Cardiology (METCARDIO)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergency Department; Meta analysis; Multivariate predictors; Prognosis; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FAINTNESS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONALITY; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878577525     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.11.083     Document Type: Article

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