Influence of climate on emergency department visits for syncope: role of air temperature variability.

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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Main Authors: Andrea Galli, Franca Barbic, Marta Borella, Giorgio Costantino, Francesca Perego, Franca Dipaola, Francesco Casella, Pier Giorgio Duca, Andrè Diedrich, Satish Raj, David Robertson, Alberto Porta, Raffaello Furlan, STePS Investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3144938?pdf=render

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