Authors
Sami Al Kasab, Robert J Adams, Ellen Debenham, David J Jones, Christine Ann Holmstedt
Publication date
2017/8/1
Journal
Telemedicine and e-Health
Volume
23
Issue
8
Pages
674-677
Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Description
Background: Patients in rural communities lack access to acute stroke therapies. Rapid administration of lytic therapy increases the likelihood of favorable functional outcome in acute ischemic stroke (AIS). At the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), we implemented a Web-based telestroke program that allows patients presenting with AIS at a rural hospital to receive expert stroke consultation within minutes. This increases their chances of receiving lytic therapy, and therefore increases the likelihood of good functional outcome.
Objectives: Our study aims to provide an update on how our telestroke program had developed and the rate and safety of intravenous (IV) alteplase administration through telestroke.
Methods: Data were collected on all patients evaluated through the MUSC Telestroke program from May 2008 through April 2014. Collected data included National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale …
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