Patients with syncope in a German emergency department: Description of patients and processes;Patienten mit Synkope in einer deutschen Notaufnahme: Beschreibung von Patienten und Prozessen

Deutsches Arzteblatt International

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 58-65

  Güldner, Sebastian ^a,b   Langada, Viktoria ^b   Popp, Steffen ^b   Heppner, Hans Jürgen ^a   Mang, Harald ^a   Christ, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CARDIOGENIC SYNCOPE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL SYNCOPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903362735     PISSN: 18660452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2012.0058     Document Type: Article

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