Publications by authors named "Neilesh Talwalkar"
The World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Emergency and Trauma (WHO-CCET) in South East Asia, The World Academic Council of Emergency Medicine (WACEM), and The American College of Academic International Medicine (ACAIM) 2021 Framework for using Telemedicine Technology at Healthcare Institutions.
J Emerg Trauma Shock
September 2021
The coronavirus disease 2019 crisis has forced the world to integrate telemedicine into health delivery systems in an unprecedented way. To deliver essential care, lawmakers, physicians, patients, payers, and health systems have all adopted telemedicine and redesigned delivery processes with accelerated speed and coordination in a fragmented way without a long-term vision or uniformed standards. There is an opportunity to learn from the experiences gained by this pandemic to help shape a better health-care system that standardizes telemedicine to optimize the overall efficiency of remote health-care delivery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQuadriparesis from a panspinal extradural abscess following pneumococcal meningitis.
Acta Orthop Belg
October 2006
Article Synopsis
- A 63-year-old man developed severe weakness in all limbs three weeks after having pneumococcal meningitis, prompting an MRI which indicated an extradural abscess in his spine.
- The patient underwent cervical laminectomy to drain the abscess, which was caused by the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae, and was treated with antibiotics for six weeks.
- Remarkably, he made a full recovery and was able to walk without assistance six weeks after the procedure, highlighting the importance of timely intervention in spinal epidural abscess cases to prevent permanent nerve damage.