Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 455-456 , May 2006

Prospective Validation of the San Francisco Syncope Rule: Will It Change Practice?

  • Chadwick D. Miller, MD
    • ,
  • James W. Hoekstra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: James Hoekstra, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27023; 336-716-4626, fax 336-716-5438

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 Supervising editor: Judd E. Hollander, MDFunding and support: The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(05)01976-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.11.040

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 455-456 , May 2006

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