Open AccessNew-onset palpitations in general practice: assessing the discriminant value of items within the clinical history
Author(s) -
Nick Summerton,
Steven Mann,
Alan S. Rigby,
Sanjiv Petkar,
Jeevanshu Dhawan
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
family practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.955
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1460-2229
pISSN - 0263-2136
DOI - 10.1093/fampra/18.4.383
Subject(s) - palpitations , medicine , odds ratio , psychiatry , pediatrics , cardiology
Palpitations are non-specific, with less than half of patients experiencing palpitations having a cardiac arrhythmia. Currently it seems that there is little evidence available to assist GPs in discriminating between patients complaining of palpitations who have significant cardiac arrhythmias and those who do not.