Use of a telestroke service for evaluation of non-stroke neurological cases

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 262, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1266-1270

  Handschu, René ^a,b   Wacker, Angela ^b   Scibor, Mateusz ^b   Sancu, Camelia ^c   Schwab, Stefan ^b   Erbguth, Frank ^d   Oschmann, Patrick ^e   Stark, David ^b   Marquardt, Lars ^b  

^a Klinikum Neumarkt   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Kulmbach   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical examination; Clinical neurology; Stroke network; Teleconsultation; Telemedicine; Teleneurology

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

AGED; AKINESIA; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSONISM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE PATIENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TELECONSULTATION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER LESION; ADULT; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEMEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929835600     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-015-7702-y     Document Type: Article

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