Feasibility and safety of remote radiology interpretation with telephone consultation for acute stroke in Thailand

Neurology India

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 740-742

  Muengtaweepongsa, Sombat ^a   Dharmasaroja, Pornpatr A ^a   Maungboon, Puritat ^a   Wattanaruangkowit, Pisit ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; telemedicine; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; SAFETY; TELECONSULTATION; THAILAND; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOLOGY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TELEPHONE; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78149434392     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.72162     Document Type: Article

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