telestroke

By Eric Anderson, MD This June, the Journal of Neurology published a paper surveying the neurological complications from COVID-19. Whereas past coronaviruses are known predominantly as respiratory infections, COVID-19 could lead to stroke, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, and encephalitis, the paper noted, while smaller […]

By Dr. Eric Anderson The FDA approved the use of tissue plasminogen activator for ischemic stroke in 1996. Over the next two decades, the literature on treating stroke patients with tPA as quickly as possible became widely accepted as the standard of […]

By Dr. Eric Anderson, Chair of Neurology Recent news and clinical reports raise the alarming incidence of strokes in COVID-19 patients younger than 50. As the largest teleNeurology practice in the United States, we typically see over 7,000 neurological consults each month […]

Adapted from a presentation at the Telemed IQ Summit Kathryn Buck, emergency services clinical nurse specialist, explained to Telemed IQ Summit attendees how CarolinaEast Medical Center used teleNeurology to build a comprehensive stroke care program. She started with why: “CarolinaEast is the […]