Concordance between real-time telemedicine assessments and face-to-face consultations in paediatric otolaryngology

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 457-460

  Smith, Anthony C ^a   Dowthwaite, Samuel ^b   Agnew, Julie ^b   Wootton, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Royal Children's Hospital and Health Service District   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIDEOCONFERENCING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUEENSLAND; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47049120985     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01715.x     Document Type: Article

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