Rural Victorian Telestroke project

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1088-1095

  Nagao, K J ^a   Koschel, A ^b   Haines, H M ^b   Bolitho, L E ^c   Yan, B ^a,d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Northeast Health Wangaratta   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Rural health; Stelemedicine; Stroke; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOLUS INJECTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAMERA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TELEMEDICINE; TELERADIOLOGY; TELESTROKE SYSTEM; TELETHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL HEALTH; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; VICTORIA; VIDEOCONFERENCING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867469635     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02603.x     Document Type: Article

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