Unnecessary hospitalization and related harm for patients with low-risk syncope

JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Jun;175(6):1065-7. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.0945.

Authors

Jenna VanLiere Canzoniero¹, Elham Afshar², Helene Hedian², Christina Koch², Daniel J Morgan³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Veterans Affairs Maryland Healthcare System, Baltimore4Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore.

PMID: 25894921
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.0945

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Retrospective Studies
Syncope / diagnosis*
Unnecessary Procedures / adverse effects*
Unnecessary Procedures / statistics & numerical data*