Prehospital unassisted assessment of stroke severity using telemedicine: A feasibility study

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2907-2909

  Van Hooff, Robbert Jan ^a,b   Cambron, Melissa ^a,b   Van Dyck, Rita ^a   De Smedt, Ann ^a,b   Moens, Maarten ^a,b   Espinoza, Alexis Valenzuela ^b   Van De Casseye, Rohny ^c   Convents, Andre ^b   Hubloue, Ives ^a,b   De Keyser, Jacques ^a,b,d   Brouns, Raf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c Flanders District of Creativity   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute; Diagnostic methods; Stroke; Stroke management; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TELEMEDICINE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNASSISTED TELESTROKE SCALE;

ACUTE; DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; STROKE; STROKE MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84888343873     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002079     Document Type: Article

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