A one-to-one telestroke network: the first Italian study of a web-based telemedicine system for thrombolysis delivery and patient monitoring

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 725-730

  Nardetto, Lucia ^a   Dario, Claudio ^b   Tonello, Simone ^c   Brunelli, Marta Carla ^c   Lisiero, Manola ^d   Carraro, Maria Grazia ^e   Saccavini, Claudio ^f   Scannapieco, Gianluigi ^b   Giometto, Bruno ^a  

^a Clinica Neurologica I   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

^d Azienda ULSS 8 Asolo   (Italy)

^e Azienda ULSS 7 Pieve di Soligo   (Italy)

^f Consorzio Arsenal ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute Stroke; Iv thrombolysis; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; STROKE UNIT; STUDENT T TEST; TELEMEDICINE; TIME TO TREATMENT; WRITING; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84962009850     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-016-2569-y     Document Type: Article

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