Twelve-Year Temporal Trends in Ambulance Use for Patients Hospitalized With a Primary Diagnosis of Syncope in Canada

Background: Ambulance use is a costly mode of transportation to the emergency department (ED). Syncope is a frequent presentation to the ED; however, no data exist regarding the proportion of hospitalized patients with syncope arriving by ambulance and their outcomes compared with self-presenters. M...

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Main Authors: Arjun K. Gupta, MD, Anamaria Savu, PhD, Robert S. Sheldon, MD, Satish Raj, MD, Padma Kaul, PhD, Roopinder K. Sandhu, MD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:CJC Open
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X1930023X