Incorporating teledermatology into emergency medicine

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 562-568

  Muir, Jim ^a   Xu, Cathy ^a   Paul, Sanjoy ^a   Staib, Andrew ^b   McNeill, Iain ^b   Singh, Philip ^a   Davidson, Samantha ^a   Soyer, H Peter ^a,b   Sinnott, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Emergency medicine; Skin emergency; Teledermatology; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; DRUG ERUPTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ERYSIPELAS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SCABIES; SKIN DISEASE; TELEDERMATOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TINEA; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; DERMATOLOGY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUEENSLAND; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 80054081021     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01443.x     Document Type: Article

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