Clinical management and patient outcomes among children and adolescents receiving telemedicine consultations for obesity

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 434-440

  Shaikh, Ulfat ^a   Cole, Stacey L ^a   Marcin, James P ^a   Nesbitt, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Obesity; Outcome improvement; Rural patients; Weight management consultations

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; MANAGEMENT; NUTRITION; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PEDIATRICS; TELEMEDICINE; WEIGHING; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ACTIVITY LEVELS; CLINICAL MANAGEMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL (CI); HEART DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS; ODDS RATIOS; PATIENT CARE; RURAL RESIDENTS; WEIGHT GAINS; WEIGHT MAINTENANCE; WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION (TW);

HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEMEDICINE; TRAINING; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 46249128808     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2007.0075     Document Type: Article

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