Impact of critical care telemedicine consultations on children in rural emergency departments

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2388-2395

  Dharmar, Madan ^a   Romano, Patrick S ^a   Kuppermann, Nathan ^a   Nesbitt, Thomas S ^a   Cole, Stacey L ^b   Andrada, Emily R ^a   Vance, Cheryl ^a   Harvey, Danielle J ^a   Marcin, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medicine; health services research; implicit review; pediatrics; quality assessment; satisfaction; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TELECONSULTATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84884905246     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31828e9824     Document Type: Article

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