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Influence of Climate on Emergency Department Visits for Syncope: Role of Air Temperature Variability

BACKGROUND: Syncope is a clinical event characterized by a transient loss of consciousness, estimated to affect 6.2/1000 person-years, resulting in remarkable health care and social costs. Human pathophysiology suggests that heat may promote syncope during standing. We tested the hypothesis that the...

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Autores principales: Galli, Andrea, Barbic, Franca, Borella, Marta, Costantino, Giorgio, Perego, Francesca, Dipaola, Franca, Casella, Francesco, Duca, Pier Giorgio, Diedrich, Andrè, Raj, Satish, Robertson, David, Porta, Alberto, Furlan, Raffaello
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21818372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022719