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 in 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, and features brand new chapters on stroke radiology, endovascular therapy, the uncommon causes of stroke, cerebral venous thrombosis, stroke prevention, and the transition to outpatient care. The comprehensive set of appendices contains useful reference information, including dosage algorithms, conversion factors, and stroke scales.
Organized in chronological order of the issues faced by medical personnel after stroke onset
Provides a comprehensive insight for caregivers, from pre-hospital 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
Author(s): James Grotta, Ahmad Riad Ramadan, Mary Carter Denny, Sean I. Savitz
Series: Cambridge Manuals in Neurology
Edition: 3rd Edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 322
Tags: Stroke
Cover......Page 1
Front Matter
......Page 3
Acute Stroke
Care......Page 5
Copyright
......Page 6
Contents
......Page 7
Preface to the Third Edition......Page 13
Abbreviations
......Page 14
1 Stroke in the Emergency
Department......Page 21
2 What to Do First......Page 27
3 Ischemic Stroke......Page 32
4 Stroke Radiology......Page 52
5 Intravenous Thrombolysis......Page 78
6 Endovascular Therapy......Page 100
7 Neurological Deterioration
in Acute Ischemic Stroke......Page 121
8 Ischemic Stroke Etiology
and Secondary Prevention......Page 139
9 Transient Ischemic Attack......Page 173
10 Less Common Causes of Stroke......Page 180
11 Cerebral Venous Sinus
Thrombosis......Page 188
12 Intracerebral Hemorrhage......Page 195
13 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage......Page 218
14 Organization of Stroke Care......Page 235
15 Stroke Rehabilitation......Page 246
16 Transition to Outpatient Stroke
Care......Page 257
Appendix 1.
IV tPA Dosing Chart......Page 261
Appendix 2.
Transcranial Doppler
Ultrasound......Page 264
Appendix 3.
Medical Complications......Page 267
Appendix 4.
Brainstem Syndromes......Page 273
Appendix 5.
Anatomy of Cerebral
Vasculature......Page 276
Appendix 6.
Brain Death Criteria......Page 282
Appendix 7.
Stroke Assessment Scales......Page 286
Further In-Depth Reading
......Page 303
Index......Page 305
Plate Section......Page 315
