Intensive care unit robotic telepresence facilitates rapid physician response to unstable patients and decreased cost in neurointensive care

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 331-337

  Vespa, Paul M ^a   Miller, Chad ^a   Hu, Xiao ^a   Nenov, Val ^a   Buxey, Farzad ^a   Martin, Neil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain trauma; Hospital cost; Intensive care; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Length of stay; Robotics; Stroke; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Telemedicine; Telepresence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; ROBOTICS; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TELEMEDICINE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847652933     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.12.042     Document Type: Article

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