Telestroke in resource-poor developing country model

Neurology India

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 934-940

  Sharma, Sudhir ^a   Padma, M V ^b   Bhardwaj, Amit ^c   Sharma, Ashish ^c   Sawal, Nishit ^a   Thakur, Suresh ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; telemedicine; Telestroke; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HIMACHAL PRADESH; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIST; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMARTPHONE; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 84988647948     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.190243     Document Type: Article

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