Derivation of a risk scale and quantification of risk factors for serious adverse events in adult emergency department syncope patients

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 120-130

  Thiruganasambandamoorthy, Venkatesh ^a,b,c   Wells, George A ^c   Hess, Erik P ^d   Turko, Ekaterina ^a   Perry, Jeffrey J ^a,b,c   Stiell, Ian G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Departments of Experimental Therapeutics   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DATA EXTRACTION; DEATH; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNCOPE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896384215     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/8000.2013.131093     Document Type: Article

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