Remote Supervision of IV-tPA for Acute Ischemic Stroke by Telemedicine or Telephone Prior to Transfer to a Regional Stroke Center is Feasible and Safe

BACKGROUND: Due to a shortage of stroke specialists, many outlying or “spoke” hospitals initiate intravenous (IV) thrombolysis using telemedicine or telephone consultation prior to transferring patients to a regional stroke center (RSC) hub. We analyzed complications and outcomes of patients treated...

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Main Authors: Pervez, Muhammad A, Silva, Gisele, Masrur, Shihab, Betensky, Rebecca A., Furie, Karen L., Hidalgo, Renzo, Lima, Fabricio, Rosenthal, Eric S., Rost, Natalia, Viswanathan, Anand, Schwamm, Lee H
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Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383769/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19910552
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.560169
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