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Using Telemedicine to Monitor the Patient with Chronic Respiratory Failure. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:life11111113. [PMID: 34832989 PMCID: PMC8620445 DOI: 10.3390/life11111113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Revised: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background: Advances in management have improved mortality of individuals with chronic respiratory failure (CRF), leading to an increase in need for long-term oxygen therapy and/or ventilatory support. These individuals require frequent visits and monitoring of their physiological parameters as well as of the functioning of their devices, such as ventilators or oxygen concentrators. Telemedicine is a clinical application of Information Communication Technology connecting patients to specialised care consultants. This narrative review aims to explore the current available telemonitoring options for individuals with CRF and reported or potential results. Methods: The research focused on EMBASE, CINALH, PubMed, and Scopus databases. Papers published between 2003 and 2021 in English were considered. Results: Different sensors, transmission devices and systems, and interventions are used with promising but not conclusive clinical results. However, legal problems are still unsolved, and economic advantages for health care systems, although potentially high, are still under debate. Conclusions: Telemonitoring systems for individuals with CRF are increasingly used; with promising results still to be clarified, legal, economical and organisational issues must be defined.
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The recent advent of remote ventilator telemonitoring has the potential to revolutionize home-assisted ventilation care in the United States and elsewhere. Home ventilation machines (i.e., respiratory assist devices and portable ventilators) can now wirelessly transmit usage and performance data to cloud-based web servers for remote access by participating clinicians. In this Focused Review, we provide an update on available technology, suggest practical applications for clinical care and research, and review supporting literature. Remote monitoring permits early data review, refinement of device settings to optimize ventilatory function, and troubleshooting if a new problem arises after initial setup. Data from home spirometry and noninvasively measured blood gas tensions can complement ventilator data to reflect physiological response. Acknowledging a paucity of published outcome studies, remote telemonitoring may be a cost-effective strategy to reduce emergency room visits, urgent clinic appointments, and hospitalizations. Ongoing clinical trials in Europe aim to expand on the benefit of this rapidly evolving technology. However, several barriers may hinder widespread implementation, especially in the United States. Clinicians must familiarize themselves with each ventilator manufacturer’s proprietary software to safely leverage this technology for improving care. Legal and ethical considerations threaten clinician interest. Medical insurance payers must adapt a reimbursement scheme to incentivize clinicians and durable medical equipment companies to perform this time-consuming service. Cohort-level ventilator data will facilitate multicenter clinical trials focused on improving the respiratory care of this vulnerable population.
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Proietti S, Basulto-Martinez M, Pavia MP, Luciani L, Gaboardi F, Giusti G. Decision making and treatment options in endourology post-coronavirus disease 2019 - adapting to the future. Curr Opin Urol 2021; 31:109-114. [PMID: 33394610 DOI: 10.1097/mou.0000000000000857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To describe and critically discuss the most recent evidence regarding stone management during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and post-COVID-19 era. RECENT FINDINGS There is a need to plan for resuming the normal elective stone surgery in the post-COVID era, keeping a clear record of all surgeries that are being deferred and identifying subgroups of surgical priorities, for the de-escalation phase. Telehealth is very useful because it contributes to reduce virus dissemination guaranteeing at the same time an adequate response to patients' care needs. Once the pandemic is over, teleurology will continue to be utilized to offer cost-effective care to urological patients and it will be totally integrated in our clinical practice. SUMMARY This COVID-19 pandemic represents a real challenge for all national health providers: on the one hand, every effort should be made to assist COVID patients, while on the other hand we must remember that all other diseases have not disappeared in the meanwhile and they will urgently need to be treated as soon as the pandemic is more under control. A correct prioritization of cases when surgical activity will progressively return back to normality is of paramount importance.
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- Silvia Proietti
- Department of Urology, European Training Center of Endourology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan
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- Department of Urology, European Training Center of Endourology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan
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- Department of Urology, European Training Center of Endourology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan
- Department of Urology, University Hospital 'Ospedale Riuniti', Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona
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- Department of Urology, European Training Center of Endourology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan
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- Department of Urology, European Training Center of Endourology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan
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Gale-Grant O, Bailey J, Burke O, Kelleher MJ. Use of Prescribed Psychotropic Medications in an Opioid Substitution Therapy Cohort. J Dual Diagn 2019; 15:254-259. [PMID: 31519141 DOI: 10.1080/15504263.2019.1662150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Objective: Comorbid mental illness is extremely common in individuals receiving opioid substitution therapy. The use of common psychiatric medications is complex in this cohort with increased risks of drug-drug interaction, overdose, and diversion or abuse of prescribed medication. We have therefore investigated rates of co-prescribing and psychiatric comorbidity in a cohort of individuals receiving therapeutic methadone or buprenorphine. Methods: Comprehensive electronic medical records were accessed for a cohort of individuals (n = 698) receiving opioid substitution therapy at a single center in London, United Kingdom. The following was collected for each individual: demographic data, current prescribed medications (including opioid substitution therapy agents), duration of prescription, indication for each prescription, and psychiatric diagnoses. Results: A total of 610 individuals were included in the final analysis. High rates of psychotropic co-prescribing were observed, with 36.7% of individuals receiving a psychotropic medication in addition to their opioid substitution drug, including 35.4% receiving an antidepressant, 9.2% an antipsychotic, 8.6% a benzodiazepine, and 4.5% a gabapentinoid, rates that are far in excess of the local population prescription frequency; 75.5% of antipsychotic prescriptions and 47.7% of benzodiazepine prescriptions were for an unlicensed indication. Conclusions: This highlights the need for evidence-based treatment of comorbid mental illness for individuals receiving opioid substitution therapy.
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- Oliver Gale-Grant
- MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London, UK
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- Addictions Psychiatry Clinical Academic Group, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Addictions Psychiatry Clinical Academic Group, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Addictions Psychiatry Clinical Academic Group, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Donner CF, Raskin J, ZuWallack R, Nici L, Ambrosino N, Balbi B, Blackstock F, Casaburi R, Dreher M, Effing T, Goldstein R, Krishnan J, Lareau SC, Make BJ, Maltais F, Meek P, Morgan M, Pépin JL, Rabbito C, Rochester CL, Silverman AR, Singh S, Spruit MA, Vitacca M, Williams L. Incorporating telemedicine into the integrated care of the COPD patient a summary of an interdisciplinary workshop held in Stresa, Italy, 7-8 September 2017. Respir Med 2018; 143:91-102. [PMID: 30261999 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2018.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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This report is a summary of a workshop focusing on using telemedicine to facilitate the integrated care of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Twenty-five invited participants from 8 countries met for one and one-half days in Stresa, Italy on 7-8 September 2017, to discuss this topic. Participants included physiotherapists, nurses, a nurse practitioner, and physicians. While evidence-based data are always at the center of sound inference and recommendations, at this point in time the science behind telemedicine in COPD remains under-developed; therefore, this document reflects expert opinion and consensus. While telemedicine has great potential to expand and improve the care of our COPD patients, its application is still in its infancy. While studies have demonstrated its effectiveness in some patient-centered outcomes, the results are by no means consistently positive. Whereas this tool may potentially reduce health care costs by moving some medical interventions from centralized locations in to patient's home, its cost-effectiveness has had mixed results and telemonitoring has yet to prove its worth in the COPD population. These discordant results should not be unexpected in view of patient complexity and the heterogeneity of telemedicine. This is reflected in the very limited support offered by the National Health Services to a wider application of telemedicine in the integrated care of COPD patients. However, this situation should challenge us to develop the necessary science to clarify the role of telemedicine in the medical management of our patients, providing a better and definitive scientific basis to this approach.
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- Claudio F Donner
- Fondazione Mondo Respiro ONLUS, Via Monsignor Cavigioli, 10, 28021, Borgomanero, NO, Italy.
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- Pulmonary and Internal Medicine, 1000 Park Ave, New York, NY, 10028, USA.
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- University of CT, Pulmonary and Critical Care, St Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT, 06015, USA.
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- ICS Maugeri, I.R.C.C.S. Institute of Veruno (Novara), Italy.
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- School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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- UCLA School of Medicine, Rehabilitation Clinical Trial Center, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Torrance, California, 90502, USA.
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- Division of Pneumology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany.
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- College of Medicine & Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, Australia.
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- University of Toronto, NSA Chair in Respiratory Rehabilitation Research, USA.
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- College of Nursing, Univ. of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, C288-04, ED 2 North, Rm 4327, 13120 East 19th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, USA.
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- Institut Universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
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- College of Nursing, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, USA.
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- University of Leicester, Chair NHS England Respiratory Clinical Reference Group, National Clinical Director Respiratory NHS, UK.
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- Sleep and Exercise Department, Scientific Director of Clinical Research Administration, Research Division at Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, FR, France.
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- Rabbito Law Firm, Via Piave 44, San Lazzaro, 40068, BO, Italy.
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- Yale University School of Medicine, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, USA.
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- Quinnipiac University School of Medicine, 95 Woodland St, 4th Floor, Hartford, CT, 06105, USA.
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- University Hospitals of Leicester Leicester, UK.
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- Department of Research and Education, Ciro, Horn, the Netherlands; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht, the Netherlands; REVAL - Rehabilitation Research Center, BIOMED - Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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- Respiratory Department ICS S. Maugeri IRCCS Lumezzane (Bs) Italy, Respiratory Department, Via Mazzini 129, Lumezzane, 25066, Bs, Italy.
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- Management Program, Pulmonary and Critical Care, St Francis Hospital & Med Ctr, Hartford, CT, 06105, USA.
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Ambrosino N, Fracchia C. The role of tele-medicine in patients with respiratory diseases. Expert Rev Respir Med 2017; 11:893-900. [PMID: 28942692 DOI: 10.1080/17476348.2017.1383898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Tele-medicine is a clinical application connecting a patient with specialized care consultants by means of electronic platforms, potentially able to improve patients' self-management and allow for the care of patients with limited access to health services. This article summarizes the use of tele-medicine as a tool in managing patients suffering from some pathological respiratory conditions. Areas covered: We searched papers published between 1990 and 2017 dealing with tele-medicine and respiratory diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, interstitial lung disease, chronic respiratory failure, neuromuscular diseases, critical illness, home mechanical ventilation, and also legal and economic issues. Controlled trials report different results on feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and safety of tele-medicine. Expert commentary: Progress in tele-medicine widens the horizons in respiratory medicine: this tool may potentially reduce health care costs by moving some medical interventions from centralized locations in to patient's home, also allowing for the delivery of care in countries with limited access to it. Legal, safety, and privacy problems, as well as reimbursement issues, must still be defined and solved. At present time, we still need much more evidence to consider this modality as a real option in the management of these patients.
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- Nicolino Ambrosino
- a Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Istituto di Montescano IRCCS , Pneumologia Riabilitativa , Montescano (PV) , Italy
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- a Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Istituto di Montescano IRCCS , Pneumologia Riabilitativa , Montescano (PV) , Italy
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Ambrosino N, Makhabah DN, Sutanto YS. Tele-medicine in respiratory diseases. Multidiscip Respir Med 2017; 12:9. [PMID: 28435672 PMCID: PMC5397786 DOI: 10.1186/s40248-017-0090-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Information and Communication Technologies applied to health care and advances in sensor and data transmission technology allowed tele-medicine based programs of care also for patients with respiratory diseases. Different sensors, transmission devices and interventions are used in tele-medicine for some indications. Patients suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, asthma, neuromuscular diseases, ventilator assisted individuals and those undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation programs may benefit from this approach. The legal problems are still unsolved. Economic advantages for health care systems, though potentially high, are still poorly investigated. Despite the hopes, we need more evidence before this modality can be considered as a real progress in the management of patients with respiratory diseases. On one hand, these technologies can improve the care of patients with difficult access to services, particularly those in rural/remote areas, on the other hand, there is the risk that they will be used only to reduce standard services in health systems of developed countries.
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- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Department, Medical Faculty Sebelas Maret University, Solo, Central Jawa Indonesia
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- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Department, Medical Faculty Sebelas Maret University, Solo, Central Jawa Indonesia
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Ambrosino N, Vagheggini G, Mazzoleni S, Vitacca M. Telemedicine in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Breathe (Sheff) 2016; 12:350-356. [PMID: 28210321 PMCID: PMC5297949 DOI: 10.1183/20734735.014616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Telemedicine is a medical application of advanced technology to disease management. This modality may provide benefits also to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Different devices and systems are used. The legal problems associated with telemedicine are still controversial. Economic advantages for healthcare systems, though potentially high, are still poorly investigated. A European Respiratory Society Task Force has defined indications, follow-up, equipment, facilities, legal and economic issues of tele-monitoring of COPD patients including those undergoing home mechanical ventilation. We need much more evidence before telemedicine can be considered as real progress in the management of COPD patientshttp://ow.ly/Rko8305tpnJ
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- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS Lumezzane, Lumezzane, Italy
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Ambrosino N, Vitacca M, Dreher M, Isetta V, Montserrat JM, Tonia T, Turchetti G, Winck JC, Burgos F, Kampelmacher M, Vagheggini G. Tele-monitoring of ventilator-dependent patients: a European Respiratory Society Statement. Eur Respir J 2016; 48:648-63. [DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01721-2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The estimated prevalence of ventilator-dependent individuals in Europe is 6.6 per 100 000 people. The increasing number and costs of these complex patients make present health organisations largely insufficient to face their needs. As a consequence, their burden lays mostly over families. The need to reduce healthcare costs and to increase safety has prompted the development of tele-monitoring for home ventilatory assistance.A European Respiratory Society Task Force produced a literature research based statement on commonly accepted clinical criteria for indications, follow-up, equipment, facilities, legal and economic issues of tele-monitoring of these patients.Many remote health monitoring systems are available, ensuring safety, feasibility, effectiveness, sustainability and flexibility to face different patients' needs. The legal problems associated with tele-monitoring are still controversial. National and European Union (EU) governments should develop guidelines and ethical, legal, regulatory, technical, administrative standards for remote medicine. The economic advantages, if any, of this new approach must be compared to a “gold standard” of home care that is very variable among different European countries and within each European country.Much more research is needed before considering tele-monitoring a real improvement in the management of these patients.
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Ambrosino N, Casaburi R, Chetta A, Clini E, Donner CF, Dreher M, Goldstein R, Jubran A, Nici L, Owen CA, Rochester C, Tobin MJ, Vagheggini G, Vitacca M, ZuWallack R. 8th International conference on management and rehabilitation of chronic respiratory failure: the long summaries – Part 3. Multidiscip Respir Med 2015. [PMCID: PMC4595187 DOI: 10.1186/s40248-015-0028-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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This paper summarizes the Part 3 of the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Management and Rehabilitation of Chronic Respiratory Failure, held in Pescara, Italy, on 7 and 8 May, 2015. It summarizes the contributions from numerous experts in the field of chronic respiratory disease and chronic respiratory failure. The outline follows the temporal sequence of presentations. This paper (Part 3) presents a section regarding Moving Across the Spectrum of Care for Long-Term Ventilation (Moving Across the Spectrum of Care for Long-Term Ventilation, New Indications for Non-Invasive Ventilation, Elective Ventilation in Respiratory Failure - Can you Prevent ICU Care in Patients with COPD?, Weaning in Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals in the United States, The Difficult-to-Wean Patient: Comprehensive management, Telemonitoring in Ventilator-Dependent Patients, Ethics and Palliative Care in Critically-Ill Respiratory Patients, and Ethics and Palliative Care in Ventilator-Dependent Patients).
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Doarn CR, Merrell RC. Standards and Guidelines for Telemedicine—An Evolution. Telemed J E Health 2014; 20:187-9. [DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2014.9995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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