Derivation and Internal Validation of a Clinical Prediction Tool for Adult Emergency Department Syncope Patients

Syncope is a common Emergency Department (ED) presentation. An important proportion of syncope patients are at risk of developing serious adverse events (SAEs), such as deaths or arrhythmias following ED disposition. Currently, no clinically-useful decision tool exists to reliably identify high-risk...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kwong, Kenneth
Other Authors: Thiruganasambandamoorthy, Venkatesh
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/34620
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-5825