Reasons for Hospitalization Among Emergency Department Patients With Syncope

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1210-1217

  Cook, Olivia G ^a,b   Mukarram, Muhammad A ^b   Rahman, Omair M ^a,b   Kim, Soo Min ^b   Arcot, Kirtana ^b   Thavorn, Kednapa ^a,b,c   Taljaard, Monica ^a,b   Sivilotti, Marco L A ^d   Rowe, Brian H ^e   Thiruganasambandamoorthy, Venkatesh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYNCOPE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84994403240     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.13053     Document Type: Article

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