Predictive Accuracy of Electrocardiographic Monitoring of Patients With Syncope in the Emergency Department: The SyMoNE Multicenter Study.
Monica SolbiatiFranca DipaolaPaolo VillaSonia SeghezziIvo CasagrandaFilippo RabajoliElisa FioriniLorenzo PortaGiovanni CasazzaAntonio VozaFranca BarbicNicola MontanoRaffaello FurlanGiorgio CostantinoPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2019)
Although the overall diagnostic accuracy of ECG monitoring is fair, its sensitivity at >12 hours' duration is substantially higher. These results suggest that prolonged (>12 hours) monitoring is a safe alternative to hospital admission in the management of non-low-risk patients with syncope in the ED.