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. 2020 Sep:31:101836.
doi: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2020.101836. Epub 2020 May 27.

Biophotonic telemedicine for disease diagnosis and monitoring during pandemics: Overcoming COVID-19 and shaping the future of healthcare

Marcelo Saito Nogueira  1
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Biophotonic telemedicine for disease diagnosis and monitoring during pandemics: Overcoming COVID-19 and shaping the future of healthcare

Marcelo Saito Nogueira. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

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    Infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies against COVID-19 include social distancing and isolating infected patients.

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    The clinical management of pandemic settings relies on enabling telemedicine associated to disease diagnosis and monitoring.

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    OTelemedicine has become common practice for monitoring of individual vital signs (VS) and patient status at isolation rooms.

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    Optical and biophotonic technologies have potential to improve treatment outcome and increase survival rates.

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    Biophotonic telemedicine advancements should focus on the development of reliable and user-friendly technology.

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