Observational Study to investigate the technical feasibility, implementation into current diagnostic and treatment pathways and the diagnostic accuracy of the remote patient assessment by using mobile telecommunication ahead of hospitalization.
On-site, pre-hospital clinical assessment of patients with suspected acute stroke can accelerate further diagnostic and treatment pathways after patient arrival at the emergency room or the dedicated stroke center. Interactive video and audio streaming connecting on-site paramedics to a stroke center based stroke physicians can help to overcome these hurdles. Patient evaluation by simple, pre-defined assessment measures and a standardized questionnaire may enable a pre-hospital decision on the need of expedited diagnostic and treatment procedures after arrival at the dedicated stroke center.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
117
The diagnosis based on the patient evaluation by end-to-end encrypted real-time video will be compared to the gold standard, consisting of an in-person neurological examination by a stroke specialist in patients with suspected acute stroke.
University Hospital
Basel, Switzerland
Diagnostic accuracy of the patient evaluation by remote Audio/video session
The proportion of successfully realized 'telestroke' interviews (=patient has a stroke yes/no) in comparison to final diagnosis by the caring stroke team.
Time frame: 1 hour
Diagnostic accuracy of an automated biometric software
The proportion of correct stroke diagnosis by the automatic biometric assessment compared to the final diagnosis of the caring stroke team.
Time frame: 12 months
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