Infectious Disease Teleconsultative Support of Deployed Healthcare Providers

被引：9

作者：

Morgan, Ana E. ^{[1
]}

Lappan, Charles M. ^{[2
]}

Fraser, Susan L. ^{[3
,4
]}

Hospenthal, Duane R. ^{[1
,4
]}

Murray, Clinton K. ^{[1
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Brooke Army Med Ctr, Ft Sam Houston, TX 78234 USA

[2] Telehlth Great Plains Reg Med Command, Ft Sam Houston, TX 78234 USA

[3] Walter Reed Army Med Ctr, Washington, DC 20307 USA

[4] Uniformed Serv Univ Hlth Sci, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA

来源：

MILITARY MEDICINE | 2009年 / 174卷 / 10期

关键词：

US ARMY TELEMEDICINE; RESEARCH-CENTER TATRC; PROGRAM;

D O I：

10.7205/MILMED-D-04-6308

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Specialty teleconsultation is being provided to deployed healthcare providers in the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through the use of the Army Knowledge Online (AKO) e-mail service. We reviewed 374 teleconsults received by the infectious disease (ID) service between January 2005 and June 2008. The patients were 65% male, 12% female, 33% the gender was not stated or the consult did not involve an individual, and 41% were U.S. Army. The average response time was under 5 hours. Ninety-one percent of consults originated from the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Consults included questions pertaining to therapy (42%), diagnosis (21%), prevention (13%), or mixed categories (24%). Bacterial infections were the most common (32%), followed by parasitic infections (16%). Tuberculosis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus accounted for 13% and 8% of consults, respectively. Data from this program should be useful in focusing predeployment provider training. It also provides the military ID community situational awareness of problems encountered in theater.

引用

页码：1055 / 1060

页数：6

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