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BURNS
Volume 38, Issue 4, Pages 465-480Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.09.024
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Burn; Telemedicine; Telecommunication
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A comprehensive systematic review of telemedicine in burn care was carried out. Studies published between 1993 and 2010 were included. The main outcome measures were the level of evidence, technical feasibility, clinical feasibility, clinical management and cost effectiveness. The search strategy yielded 24 studies, none of which were randomised. There were only five studies with a control group, and in three of these the patients act as their own controls. Four studies performed quantitative cost analysis, and five more provide qualitative cost analysis. All studies demonstrate technical and clinical feasibility. If the significant potentials of telemedicine to assist in the acute triage, management guidance and outpatient care are to be realised, then research needs to be undertaken to provide evidence for such investment. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.
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