Full Description
The third edition of Stroke Medicine provides an up-to-date and easily accessible source of information on all aspects of stroke care, from acute care to rehabilitation and secondary prevention. It incorporates the considerable advances in the treatment of stroke that have occurred since the second edition was published, including totally rewritten sections on acute stroke care. Richly illustrated with numerous figures and tables, the book is designed as a practical handbook of stroke care for clinicians and other healthcare professionals.
Contents
1: Epidemiology and stroke risk factors
2: Neuroanatomy
3: Vascular anatomy and stroke syndromes
4: History-taking in the stroke patient
5: Examination of the stroke patient
6: Investigation of the stroke patient
7: Imaging in stroke
8: Ischaemic stroke: common causes
9: Acute stroke treatment
10: Secondary prevention of stroke
11: Unusual causes of stroke and their treatment
12: Cerebral venous thrombosis
13: Cerebral haemorrhage
14: Recovery and rehabilitation
15: Vascular dementia
16: Organization of stroke services
17: Ethical issues in stroke care
Appendix 1: Glossary
Appendix 2: Useful stroke scales
Appendix 3: Useful websites
