TeleStroke

TeleStroke

Sharma, Latisha Katie

90,43 €(IVA inc.)

Telestroke helps readers develop a deeper understanding on how to utilize telestroke in clinical practice, a key step in providing optimal treatment and management to those with geographical and social/economic disparities. The book discusses how to provide accurate and fast revascularization for patients with acute ischemic stroke and how to continue remote care of patients. It also reviews underlying stroke etiology, interpretation and assessment of stroke diagnostic tools/teleradiology, complications of care, discusses targeted, secondary preventative therapies and covers telerehabilitation, outpatient follow-up and clinical trial engagement. Includes tactics on how to enact rapid implementation by stroke neurologistsExplains recent changes to telehealth coding/reimbursementReviews the underlying stroke etiology, interpretation and assessment of stroke diagnostic tools/teleradiology, and complications of careCovers targeted, preventative therapies, telerehabilitation, outpatient follow-up, and clinical trial engagement INDICE: 1. Introduction, history of telehealth and telestroke 2. Practical Telestroke: Setting up a Practice (inpatient and outpatient/prehospital setting, sophisticated advancement in the field, seamless delivery) 3. Use of telestroke across all aspects of patient care (increase use of thrombolytic therapy, endovascular therapy, inpatient management, rehabilitation, discuss reliability, validity, efficacy within each area) 4. Hyperacute management: 1. Is the patient likely having an acute ischemic stroke? 2. Is a large vessel occlusion (LVO) present / Is the patient a candidate for mechanical thrombectomy? 3. Would the patient benefit from transfer to a higher level of care? 5. Telestroke Examination High Yield Pearls 6. Barriers, legal issues, Limitations (state policies, medicare/federal policies, reimbursement) 7. Current Technologies (HIPAA compliance, AR/AI, remote monitoring, virtual ophthalmology) 8. Telestroke in Uncommon situations: pediatric stroke, pregnancy

  • ISBN: 978-0-12-824161-5
  • Editorial: Academic Press
  • Encuadernacion: Rústica
  • Páginas: 150
  • Fecha Publicación: 15/01/2021
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés