Telemedicine in Emergency Evaluation of Acute Stroke: Interrater Agreement in Remote Video Examination with a Novel Multimedia System

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2842-2846

  Handschu, René ^a   Littmann, Rebekka ^a   Reulbach, Udo ^a   Gaul, Charly ^a   Heckmann, Josef G ^a   Neundörfer, Bernhard ^a   Scibor, Mateusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Stroke management; Stroke, acute; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TELECOMMUNICATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMEDIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345599245     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000102043.70312.E9     Document Type: Article

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