Randomized clinical trial of an emergency department observation syncope protocol versus routine inpatient admission

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 167-175

  Sun, Benjamin C ^a   McCreath, Heather ^b   Liang, Li Jung ^b   Bohan, Stephen ^c   Baugh, Christopher ^c   Ragsdale, Luna ^d   Henderson, Sean O ^e   Clark, Carol ^f   Bastani, Aveh ^f   Keeler, Emmett ^g   An, Ruopeng ^h   Mangione, Carol M ^b,i  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBSERVATION SYNCOPE PROTOCOL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX PAIN; WELLBEING;

AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYNCOPE; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84905009442     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.10.029     Document Type: Article

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