Tele-intensive care unit (ICU) is a care provided to critically ill patients by off-site clinicians using audio, video, and electronic links to leverage technical, informational, and clinical resources. Providing care includes the ability to detect patient's instability or laboratory abnormalities in real-time, collect additional clinical information from or about the patient, order diagnostic ...

Introduction: The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the impact tele-ophthalmology on screening, monitoring and treatment adherence in eye diseases.Material Methods: A controlled randomized clinical trial studies without time limit explored by searching keywords title, abstract reliable scientific databases Embase, Web Science, Scopus, PubMed April 20, 2022. gray literature search...

OBJECTIVE An updated systematic review was carried out of research studies looking at the value and impact of library services on health outcomes for patients and time saved by health professionals. METHODS A comprehensive systematic search was undertaken of the published literature to September 2003 in ERIC, LISA, MEDLINE, PREMEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register and Googl...

PURPOSE We investigated the effectiveness of tele-mentored ultrasonography between emergency medicine (EM) residents and remote experts in diagnosing acute appendicitis. METHODS This prospective observational study was performed in an academic emergency department. Beginning in June 2014, the EM residents performed the initial ultrasonography for suspected pediatric acute appendicitis; then, ...

BACKGROUND A home based tele-monitoring system was developed to assess the effects of heat stress (days > 25°C) on clinical and functional status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS Sixty-two COPD patients (GOLD II-IV) were randomized into a tele-monitoring Group (TG, N = 32) or Control Group (CG, N = 30). Tele-monitoring included 1) daily clinical status (C...

BACKGROUND The use of point-of-care ultrasonography (POC US) in paediatrics is increasing. This study investigated the diagnostic accuracy of POC US in children accessing the emergency department (ED) when performed by paediatricians under the remote guidance of radiologists (TELE POC). METHODS Children aged 0 to 18 years accessing the ED of a third level research hospital with eight possible...

BACKGROUND The combination of tenofovir and efavirenz with either lamivudine or emtricitabine (TELE) has proved to be highly effective in clinical trials for first-line treatment of HIV-1 infection. However, limited data are available on its efficacy in routine clinical practice. METHODS A multicentre cohort study was performed in therapy-naive patients initiating ART with TELE before July 20...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of librarian-provided services in healthcare settings on patient, healthcare provider, and researcher outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS Medline, CINAHL, ERIC, LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts), and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched from inception to June 2013. Studies involving librarian-provided services for patients...

introduction: at the present time, information dissemination is one of the important functions of the libraries. and every library must adjust itself with the increasing development. therefore in order to effectively provide their users with sufficient information, university library managers must examine job-satisfaction of librarians in esfahan university and esfahan university of medical sci...