Nurse triage accuracy in the evaluation of syncope according to European Society of Cardiology guidelines.

Arian ZaboliDietmar AusserhoferSerena SibilioRupert PaulmichlElia ToccoliniChiara LosiAlberto GiudiceandreaNorbert PfeiferFrancesco BrigoGianni Turcato

Published in: European journal of cardiovascular nursing : journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology (2021)

In cases of syncopal TLOC, nurse triage had a fair specificity but suboptimal sensitivity for cardiac causes. Specific nursing assessments following triage (e.g. precise scores or electrocardiogram) could improve the triage performance.

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