Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 215-221, September 2004

Long-term survival of Japanese patients transported to an emergency department Because of syncope☆☆

From the Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Received 30 September 2003; received in revised form 19 November 2003 and 9 February 2004; accepted 23 February 2004. published online 19 August 2004.

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 Author contributions: MS, SH, and KS conceived the idea and design of the study. SH and NA supervised the conduct of the study and data collection. MS, SH, KS, and IN collected and managed patients' data. MS analyzed the data statistically and drafted the manuscript. NA chaired the data oversight committee. SH takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

☆☆ Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, May 2000.

 The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.

PII: S0196-0644(04)00200-8

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.02.036

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 215-221, September 2004