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01-11-2020 | COVID-19 | Response to COVID-19/Commentary

Telemedicine in Rheumatology at the Advent of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Elena Gkrouzman, MD, Dee Dee Wu, MD, Hannah Jethwa, MD, Sonya Abraham, MBBS

Published in: HSS Journal ® | Special Issue 1/2020

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In late 2019, a hematologist from the University of North Carolina received a phone call from space—it was a request to evaluate an astronaut on the International Space Station who was suspected of having deep venous thrombosis (DVT). Guided by radiologists back on earth, the astronaut self-performed a tele-ultrasonography of his left internal jugular vein. Ultimately, he was diagnosed with a DVT and treated remotely [1]. Several months later, a global pandemic was declared, and practicing rheumatologists began receiving an equally important if less extraordinary alert: “Your patient has connected to video visit.” …

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Title: Telemedicine in Rheumatology at the Advent of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Elena Gkrouzman, MD
Dee Dee Wu, MD
Hannah Jethwa, MD
Sonya Abraham, MBBS
Publication date: 01-11-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: COVID-19
Telemedicine
Published in: HSS Journal ® / Issue Special Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 1556-3316
Electronic ISSN: 1556-3324
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11420-020-09810-3

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