title: Telemedicine-based application for the detection of inflammation in pediatrics.
abstract: To assess the feasibility of using telemedicine for the diagnosis of inflammation in a pediatric population. The degree of erythrocyte adhesiveness/aggregation and the number of white blood cells on peripheral blood slides were evaluated using an image analysis system and transferred to an operator in a remote location. A highly significant correlation was found between the degrees of erythrocyte adhesiveness/aggregation as well as estimated white blood cell count determined by a remote operator and the objective measurements of both erythrocyte sedimentation rate and white blood cell count. A reasonable estimate of both erythrocyte sedimentation rate and white blood cell count can be obtained by using telemedicine in a group of children with acute infection/inflammation.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, affiliated with the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors: Joseph
authors: J
authors: Urbach
authors: Keren
authors: K
authors: Elishkevitz
authors: Rivka
authors: R
authors: Rotstein
authors: Meira V
authors: MV
authors: Rozenblat
authors: Tamar
authors: T
authors: Mardi
authors: Itzhak
authors: I
authors: Shapira
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Brandski
authors: Shlomo
authors: S
authors: Berliner
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004903:Erythrocyte Aggregation; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007239:Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*