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Teleradiology for Traumatic Brain Injury Management

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Teleradiology

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Teleradiology experiences from workstation to wireless technology and discrepancies from an “ideal world” of guidelines and a “real world” of medical practice are detailed. The real predictive value of Glasgow Coma Scale admission for the outcome of brain-injured patients and differences regarding the outcome of traumatic brain injury patients treated with or without neurosurgical facilities are outlined. Also examined is how to detect the computed tomography evolution before the neurologic change and the application of guidelines with area protocol and “hub and spoke” systems is discussed.

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  1. Neurosurgical Unit “Hub & Spoke” PARMA-REGGIO EMILIA Emergency Department, University Hospital of Parma, Viale Gramsci 14, 43100, Parma, Italy

    Corrado Iaccarino & Franco Servadei

  2. Neurosurgical Unit Department of Neurological Sciences, A.O.R.N. “San Sebastiano & San Anna”, Via Palasciano, 81100, Caserta, Italy

    Armando Rapana’

  3. Intensive Care Unit, M. Bufalini Hospital, 47023, Cesena, Italy

    Christian Compagnone & Fernanda Tagliaferri

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Iaccarino, C., Rapana’, A., Compagnone, C., Tagliaferri, F., Servadei, F. (2008). Teleradiology for Traumatic Brain Injury Management. In: Kumar, S., Krupinski, E.A. (eds) Teleradiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78871-3_15

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