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Prison break: Remote tele-cardiology support for cardiology emergency in Italian penitentiaries

2013; Elsevier BV; Volume: 168; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.04.022

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Natale Daniele Brunetti, Giulia Dellegrottaglie, Giuseppe Di Giuseppe, Luisa De Gennaro, Matteo Di Biase,

ECG Monitoring and Analysis

The delivery of high quality health care assistance may be not easy with prison detainees. Prison inmates may need outdoor referral, particularly in case of suspected acute coronary syndrome or arrhythmias and in small penitentiaries without adequate infirmaries; outdoor referral may often lead to waste of time, surveillance personnel, and money.