Indigenous Telemedicine
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We are describing a simple and innovative way of documenting tachycardia. This patient came with video recording of neck pulsation done with the help of mobile phone camera. No other documentation of this tachycardia was available as patient was living in a remote area away from even basic health facilities.
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