Abstract
Telemedicine for acute stroke evaluation in the emergency department and hospital setting is in the mainstream of clinical utilization. Remote evaluation of other emergent neurologic indications, such as seizure, coma, brain and spine trauma, elevated intracranial pressure, headache, neuromuscular weakness, imbalance, vertigo, and altered mentation, are less well studied but represent an opportunity to transpose the merits of telestroke research and practice into other facets of emergent neurologic practice. In addition to emergent consultation, hospital teleneurology can be employed for other phases of neurologic inpatient care such as daily rounds or prior to discharge for education and counselling. Overall, hospital teleneurology requires further study for validation of feasibility, safety, and demonstration of cost-effective care of utmost quality prior to widespread implementation, but represents a compelling frontier in clinical neurologic research.
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Rubin, M., Barrett, K. (2015). Hospital Teleneurology. In: Tsao, J., Demaerschalk, B. (eds) Teleneurology in Practice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2349-6_9
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