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Hemodynamic Precision in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit using Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography
Published on: January 27, 2023
Paediatric cardiac telemedicine--transmitting echocardiography images in Wales
Delyth Lewis1, Sheryl Morris, Orhan Uzun
1South West Wales Cancer Network, c/o Meurig Ward, Bronglais General Hospital, Aberystwyth, UK. delyth.lewis2@wales.nhs.uk
Abstract:
We started a telemedicine service for paediatric cardiology work in 2006, enabling transmission of echocardiography images via videoconferencing equipment to the specialist paediatric cardiac department at Cardiff for review and/or diagnosis. The system has been used regularly for a range of paediatric cardiology cases. Despite increasing the transmission bandwidth to 1 Mbit/s the transmission of live echocardiography was still considered to be suboptimum. Nonetheless, the implementation of a simple telemedicine service has demonstrated the feasibility of transmitting echocardiography images via videoconferencing equipment for diagnosis and second opinions.
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