Use of telemedicine and other strategies to increase the number of patients that may be treated with intravenous thrombolysis

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-16

  Silva, Gisele Sampaio ^a,b,e   Schwamm, Lee H ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute stroke care; Intravenous thrombolysis; Telemedicine; Telestroke

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; RANITIDINE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; DISABILITY; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERHOSPITAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LICENSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REIMBURSEMENT; STAFF TRAINING; TELEMEDICINE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 84857626393     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-011-0235-6     Document Type: Article

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