Autumn Rights Medical Guide 2019

NEUROLOGY
ACUTE STROKE CARE
Third edition
M. Carter Denny
Georgetown University Hospital
Ahmad Riad Ramadan
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
Sean Savitz
University of Texas Health Science Center,
Houston
and James Grotta
Memorial Hermann Texas Medical School
November 2019
186 x 123 mm c.300pp
50 b/w illus. 8 colour illus.
978-1-108-73132-4 Paperback
£39.99
You have just encountered a possible stroke patient, you ask yourself: what
should I do first? How do I know it is a stroke? Is it too late to reverse the
damage? This book provides integral assistance to answering these critical
questions. All content is arranged in chronological order, covering all
considerations in assessing and treating patients in the emergency room,
stroke unit and rehabilitation facilities. This new edition offers readers the
latest information on stroke treatment, including data from important clinical
research on stroke radiology and subarachnoid hemorrhages, and features
brand new chapters on endovascular therapy, the uncommon causes of
stroke, and its prevention. Ensuring that all stroke specialists address the
right steps in managing post-acute stroke patients, with a comprehensive set
of appendices, containing useful reference information, including dosage
algorithms, conversion factors and stroke scales.
WHY IT WILL SELL
• Organized in chronological order of the issues faced by
medical personnel after stroke onset
• Provides a comprehensive insight for caregivers, from prehospital
to discharge
• Includes practical advice based on the authors’ extensive
experience to help caregivers to handle dilemmas, not
covered within any other text, or addressed by clinical trial
data
• Offers practical advice from leading experts, to help
professionals to prioritize the multiplicity of issues, faced,
when managing their stroke patients, in a global setting
NEW TO THIS EDITION
• Includes new clinical research on stroke radiology and
subarachnoid hemorrhages
• Features brand new chapters on endovascular therapy,
uncommon causes of stroke, and stroke prevention
CONTENTS
1. Stroke in the emergency department; 2. What to do first; 3. Ischemic stroke;
4. Stroke radiology; 5. Intravenous thrombolysis; 6. Endovascular therapy (ET); 7.
Neurological deterioration in acute ischemic stroke; 8. Ischemic stroke etiology
and secondary prevention; 9. Transient ischemic attack (TIA); 10. Less common
causes of stroke; 11. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; 12. Intracerebral
hemorrhage (ICH); 13. Subarachnoid hemorrage (SAH); 14. Organization of
stroke care; 15. Stroke rehabilitation; 16. Transition to outpatient stroke care.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Level: medical specialists/consultants, specialist medical trainees
Series: Cambridge Manuals in Neurology
Previous editions
sold in French and
Russian
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