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. 2021 Apr;11(2):e157-e164.
doi: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000876.

Primer on the In-home Teleneurologic Examination: A COVID-19 Pandemic Imperative

Christopher J Boes  1 , Andrea N Leep Hunderfund  1 , Jennifer M Martinez-Thompson  1 , Neeraj Kumar  1 , Rodolfo Savica  1 , Jeremy K Cutsforth-Gregory  1 , Lyell K Jones Jr  1
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Primer on the In-home Teleneurologic Examination: A COVID-19 Pandemic Imperative

Christopher J Boes et al. Neurol Clin Pract. 2021 Apr.

Abstract

It is imperative in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that we serve our patients by implementing teleneurology visits for those who require neurologic advice but do not need to be seen face to face. The authors propose a thorough, practical, in-home, teleneurologic examination that can be completed without the assistance of an on-the-scene medical professional and can be tailored to the clinical question. We hope to assist trainees and practicing neurologists doing patient video visits for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on what can, rather than what cannot, be easily examined.

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