Impact of telemedicine implementation in thrombolytic use for acute ischemic stroke: The university of pittsburgh medical center telestroke network experience

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 527-531

  Amorim, Edilberto ^a   Shih, Min Mei ^b   Koehler, Steven A ^a   Massaro, Lori L ^a   Zaidi, Syed F ^a   Jumaa, Mouhammad A ^a   Reddy, Vivek K ^a   Hammer, Maxim D ^a   Jovin, Tudor G ^a   Wechsler, Lawrence R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; telemedicine; telestroke; thrombolytics

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMEDICINE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TELECONSULTATION; TIME; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 84877031351     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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