Reliability and accuracy of smartphones for paediatric infectious disease consultations for children with rash in the paediatric emergency department.
Devrim IlkerMine DüzgölAhu Karaİlknur ÇağlarFatma DevrimNuri BayramHurşit ApaPublished in: BMC pediatrics (2019)
Our study has shown that the use of a smartphone-based instant messaging application for transmitting images of paediatric rash is accurate and useful for diagnosis. However, physical examination and medical history are still the primary methods. Consultation via smartphones in emergency departments for paediatric rashes during nightshifts would help both clinicians and patients.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- intensive care unit
- infectious diseases
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- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- physical activity
- young adults
- mental health
- deep learning
- high resolution
- primary care
- optical coherence tomography
- convolutional neural network
- smoking cessation
- patient reported outcomes
- drug induced