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ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2021

An opportunity to improve Acute Ischemic Stroke care in the South Asian region through telestroke services.

Jayant Kumar Yadav, Gaurav Nepal, Yow Ka Shing, Rohit Raman Banerji, Bikram Prasad Gajurel

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Article in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Ischaemic stroke in South Asians: The BRAINS study.European journal of neurology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jayant Kumar YadavDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Gaurav NepalDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Yow Ka ShingDepartment of Internal Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
Rohit Raman BanerjiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Bikram Prasad GajurelDepartment of Neurology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The South Asian region accounts for more than 40% of the stroke burden of the developing world and is the highest contributor to global stroke mortality. Despite proven treatment guidelines, the limited number of neurologists, the number of dedicated stroke centers and the fact that most of these facilities are urban-centric renders poor access to thrombolysis in this region, especially in the rural areas. Studies have shown that thrombolysis using telestroke services are comparable to face-to-face thrombolysis. Telestroke, conducted through low-cost media such as smartphones or laptops, may form a cost-effective solution to improve access to appropriate stroke care in a resource-limited setting such as that of the South Asian region.

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Ischemic strokeSouth AsiaStrokeTelemedicineTelestroke

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PMID34888047
PMCPMC8636765

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