2020
Trends Among Rural and Urban Medicare Beneficiaries in Care Delivery and Outcomes for Acute Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attacks, 2008-2017
Wilcock A, Zachrison K, Schwamm L, Uscher-Pines L, Zubizarreta J, Mehrotra A. Trends Among Rural and Urban Medicare Beneficiaries in Care Delivery and Outcomes for Acute Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attacks, 2008-2017. JAMA Neurology 2020, 77: 863-871. PMID: 32364573, PMCID: PMC7358912, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.0770.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient ischemic attackAcute ischemic strokeIschemic attackAcute strokeStroke centersRural-urban disparitiesResidential zip codeIschemic strokeEnd-stage kidney diseaseRural-Urban Commuting Area codesDescriptive observational studyHealth care centersUrban Medicare beneficiariesQuality of careTraditional MedicareNeurologist evaluationOutcome patientsUrban patientsStroke careNeurology consultationKidney diseaseMean ageCare centerStroke systemsObservational study
2019
Teleneurology Consultations for Prognostication and Brain Death Diagnosis
Girkar U, Palacios R, Gupta A, Schwamm L, Singla P, May H, Estrada J, Whitney C, Matiello M. Teleneurology Consultations for Prognostication and Brain Death Diagnosis. Telemedicine Journal And E-Health 2019, 26: 482-486. PMID: 31503539, DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2019.0033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain deathNeurology consultationIntensive care unitBrain death diagnosisPresence of apneaGood inter-rater reliabilityNeurologic prognosisTeleneurology consultationsApnea testingBrainstem reflexesCare unitNeurologic examinationBedside teamCardiac arrestBrain injuryComatose stateInter-rater reliabilityDeath diagnosisConsensus criteriaAmerican AcademyRemote neurologistDiagnosisDeathStandardized scalesConsultation