Unnecessary hospitalization and related harm for patients with low-risk syncope
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Unnecessary admission in low-risk patients can be harmful.
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- Authors
- Canzoniero, J. V., Afshar, E., Hedian, H., Koch, C., & Morgan, D. J.
- Affiliations
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Maryland Medical Center (US)
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Venue
- JAMA Internal Medicine
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2015-06-01
- Volume
- 175
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1065
- ISSN
- 2168-6106 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2092052504
- Cited by
- 60
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 4.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- JAMA Internal Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- American College of Cardiology Foundation
- Health Services Research and Development
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K23HL102224)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Emergency Medicine › Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Keywords
- syncope, unnecessary hospitalization, patient harm, syncope management
- MeSH terms
- Hospitalization, Humans, Retrospective Studies, Syncope, Unnecessary Procedures
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