CT interpretation in a telestroke network: Agreement among a spoke radiologist, hub vascular neurologist, and hub neuroradiologist

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3095-3097

  Demaerschalk, Bart M ^a   Bobrow, Bentley J ^b   Raman, Rema ^c,d   Ernstrom, Karin ^d   Hoxworth, Joseph M ^a   Patel, Ameet C ^a   Kiernan, Terri Ellen J ^a   Aguilar, Maria I ^a   Ingall, Timothy J ^a   Dodick, David W ^a   Meyer, Brett C ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Maricopa Integrated Health System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; randomized controlled trials; rural health; rural hospitals; stroke; telemedicine; telestroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; TELERADIOLOGY; TELESTROKE NETWORK;

BRAIN; CARDIOLOGY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGY; STROKE; TELERADIOLOGY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84868190968     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.666255     Document Type: Article

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