24-HOUR TELE-ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY HELPLINE FOR RURAL DOCTORS IS A GAME CHANGER IN RESOURCE POOR SETTINGS

Autor: Mukul Bhatnagar, Vivek Chauhan, Raina Sujeet, Vikrant Kanwar, Prakash Chandar Negi, Rajesh Guleri, Kumar Sambhav Pandey, Sunil Raina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67:654
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(16)30655-6
Popis: We aimed to reduce pain-to-treatment time in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) by circumventing the poor Electrocardiography (ECG) skills of rural doctors with a 24 hour Tele-ECG support. Eight hospitals in the intervention cluster (IC) manned by non-specialized doctors were compared to six control
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