Full Description
Acute Stroke Management in the First 24 hours bridges the clinical application gap by offering a practice-based approach to treating ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. The comprehensive text, written by international experts in the field of stroke care, covers all aspects of stroke care, including review of stroke systems, clinic features, neuroimaging diagnostic characteristics, and pre-hospital care and challenges. Practical clinical studies in each chapter engage readers in the discussion of common diagnostic pitfalls and work challenges. Chapters also include detailed figures and management algorithms, making this book an easy-to-use reference guide ideal for first responders and clinicians working in emergency medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, and critical care.
Contents
Chapter 1: Basic Clinical Syndromes and Definitions
Aparna Pendurthi and Maxim Mokin
Chapter 2: Stroke Systems of Care
Casey Frey, Laura Bishop, Stacey Q. Wolfe, and Kyle M. Fargen
Chapter 3: Prehospital Triage of Stroke: Clinical Evaluation
Raul G. Nogueira and Vera Sharashidze
Chapter 4: Prehospital Assessment of Stroke: Mobile Stroke Units
Andrew Blake Buletko, Jason Mathew, Tapan Thacker, Lila Sheikhi, Andrew Russman, M. Shazam Hussain
Chapter 5: Evaluation of Stroke in the Emergency Department
Robert Sawyer and Edward C. Jauch
Chapter 6: Imaging of Acute Stroke
Maxim Mokin
Chapter 7: Telemedicine for Evaluation of Stroke Patients
Kaustubh Limaye and Lawrence R. Wechsler
Chapter 8: Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Waldo R. Guerrero, Edgar Samaniego, and Santiago Ortega
Chapter 9: Endovascular Treatment of Stroke
Mandy J. Binning and Daniel R. Felbaum
Chapter 10: Care of Stroke Patients Post-Intravenous Alteplase and Endovascular Throbectomy
Violiza Inoa and Lucas Elijovich
Chapter 11: In-Hospital Stroke
Noella J. Cypress West and Maxim Mokin
Chapter 12: Medical Management of Ischemic Stroke
Maxim Mokin and Juan Ramos-Canseco
Chapter 13: Medical Management of Hemorrhagic Stroke
Shashank Shekhar, Shreyas Gangadhara, and Rebecca Sugg
Chapter 14: Surgical Treatment of Hemorrhagic Stroke
Vladimir Ljubimov, Travis Dailey, and Siviero Agazzi
Chapter 15: Central Venous Thrombosis
Juan Ramos-Canseco and Maxim Mokin
