Description
Part of the "What Do I Do Now?" series, Stroke uses a case-based approach to cover common and important topics in the diagnosis and treatment of stroke. Each chapter provides an overview of the approach to the problem in question followed by a discussion of the diagnosis, key points to remember, and selected references for further reading. For this edition, all cases have been carefully revised, and new information and references have been added. Stroke is an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases which clinicians can utilize when they encounter difficult patients on the ward or in the clinic. The volume is also a self-assessment tool that tests the reader's ability to answer the question, "What do I do now?"
Table of Contents
1. Confused After a Nap2. Headache After a Beach Trip3. Why Are You Staring Over There?4. Dizziness and Ataxia After Lifting a Vacuum5. Two Generations with Strokes and Cognitive Decline6. Ms. H Heads to the Hospital7. The Weak Construction Worker8. Twisted Tongue and Dizzy Head9. Right hemibody weakness in a man having lightning-like transient pain of his face over the prior year10. Blurry Vision11. Gastroenteritis with Dizziness and Ataxia12. Neck Pain Followed Soon by Right Hemiparesis13. Sudden Onset of Double Vision and Left Ataxic Hemiparesis14. Arm Pain and Swelling Followed by Headache, Right Weakness and Aphasia15. More Than Meets the Eye16. A Rusty Pipe17. Eyelid Droopiness and Body Weakness18. A Pain in the Hand19. A Ticking Time Bomb20."Dancing" Hand21. Double Vision and Jumpy Eyes22. Between a Rock and a Hard Place23. Follow Your Heart or Your Brain?24. A Bloody Mesh25. A Lernaean Hydra26. It looks like a stroke, walks like a stroke, behaves like a stroke. Is it a stroke?27. A Relentless Headache
