Pooled assessment of computed tomography interpretation by vascular neurologists in the STRokE DOC telestroke network

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 511-515

  Spokoyny, Ilana ^a   Raman, Rema ^a,b   Ernstrom, Karin ^b   Demaerschalk, Bart M ^c   Lyden, Patrick D ^d   Hemmen, Thomas M ^a   Guzik, Amy K ^a   Chen, James Y ^e   Meyer, Brett C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; CT interpretation by nonradiologists; stroke; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN TUMOR; CAMERA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; TELERADIOLOGY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT INTERPRETATION BY NONRADIOLOGISTS; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE;

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TELEPHONE; TELERADIOLOGY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84896370156     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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