Implementing a guideline to improve management of syncope in the emergency department

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2014, Pages e1413-e1421

  Guse, Sabrina E ^a   Neuman, Mark I ^b   O'Brien, Megan ^c   Alexander, Mark E ^b   Berry, Mark ^b   Monuteaux, Michael C ^b   Fine, Andrew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Guideline; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY WARD; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY TEST; PRESYNCOPE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; SYNCOPE; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908881807     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3833     Document Type: Article

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