Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Non-specific Complaints: The Basel Non-specific Complaints (BANC) Study
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Assessment of outcome of patients admitted to 2 academic Emergency Departments with non-specific complaints (weakness)
Background and aim: Having weakness and lethargy and feeling the need for hospital emergency services is one of the most important reasons for patients to go to hospital emergency rooms. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between morbidity and mortality of patients with weakness and lethargy. Method: The present study was conducted in an observational and prospect...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Emergency Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1069-6563,1553-2712
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00658.x