TeleStroke

A practical guide on how to incorporate telemedicine into inpatient and outpatient stroke practices

Latisha Katie Sharma (Author)

9780128241615, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 9 June 2021

106 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 0.9 cm, 0.11 kg

"TeleStroke by Dr. Sharma is one of the first books on the use of telemedicine in stroke care. The book not only covers technical and clinical aspects of using telemedicine in stroke care but also touches on history, legal aspects of it along with telestroke in pediatrics and outpatient practice. I highly recommend it to not only physicians early in their career, learning to do telemedicine but also experienced neurologists who already practice telestroke as a comprehensive review." --Ali Reza Noorian, MD, FAHA, Director, Stroke Program, Kaiser Permanente Orange County

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.

1. Introduction, history of telehealth and telestroke2. 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 Pearls6. 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

Subject Areas: Neurology & clinical neurophysiology [MJN]