Stroke (eBook)
1008 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-0-470-69565-4 (ISBN)
- Completely updated edition, written by a close-knit author team
- Presents a unique approach to stroke - integrated clinical management that weaves together causation, presentation, diagnosis, management and rehabilitation
- Includes increased coverage of the statins due to clearer evidence of their effectiveness in preventing stroke
- Features important new evidence on the preventive effect of lowering blood pressure
- Contains a completely revised section on imaging
- Covers new advances in interventional radiology
Charles Warlow University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
Jan Van Gijn Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Martin Dennis University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
Joanna Wardlaw University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
John Bamford St James' University Hospital, Leeds, W Yorks, UK
Graeme Hankey Royal Perth Hospital, Stroke Unit, Perth WA, Australia
Peter Sandercock University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
Gabriel Rinkel Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, afd. Neurologie, Heidelberglaan , Utrecht
Peter Langhorne Academic Section of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
Cathie Sudlow University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
Peter Rothwell Department of Clinical Neurology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK
Completely updated edition, written by a close-knit author team Presents a unique approach to stroke - integrated clinical management that weaves together causation, presentation, diagnosis, management and rehabilitation Includes increased coverage of the statins due to clearer evidence of their effectiveness in preventing stroke Features important new evidence on the preventive effect of lowering blood pressure Contains a completely revised section on imaging Covers new advances in interventional radiology
Charles Warlow University of Edinburgh, Western GeneralHospital, Edinburgh, UK Jan Van Gijn Utrecht University, Utrecht,Netherlands Martin Dennis University of Edinburgh, Western GeneralHospital, Edinburgh, UK Joanna Wardlaw University of Edinburgh, Western GeneralHospital, Edinburgh, UK John Bamford St James' University Hospital, Leeds, WYorks, UK Graeme Hankey Royal Perth Hospital, Stroke Unit, PerthWA, Australia Peter Sandercock University of Edinburgh, Western GeneralHospital, Edinburgh, UK Gabriel Rinkel Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, afd.Neurologie, Heidelberglaan , Utrecht Peter Langhorne Academic Section of Geriatric Medicine,Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK Cathie Sudlow University of Edinburgh, Western GeneralHospital, Edinburgh, UK Peter Rothwell Department of Clinical Neurology,Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK
Contributors.
Acknowledgements.
Abbreviations.
1 Introduction.
2 Development of knowledge about cerebrovascular disease.
3 Is it a vascular event and where is the lesion?.
4 Which arterial territory is involved?.
5 What pathological type of stroke is it, cerebral ischaemic orhaemorrhage?.
6 What caused this transient or persisting ischaemic event?.
7 Unusual causes of ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemicattack.
8 What caused this intracerebral haemorrhage?.
9 What caused this subarachnoid haemorrhage?.
10 A practical approach to the management of stroke andtransient ischaemic attack patients.
11 What are this person's problems? A problem-basedapproach to the general management of stroke.
12 Specific treatments for acute ischaemic stroke.
13 Specific treatment of intracerebral haemorrhage.
14 Specific treatment of aneurismal subarachnoidhaemorrhage.
15 Specific interventions to prevent intracranialhaemorrhage.
16 Preventing recurrent stroke and other serious vascularevents.
17 The organization of stroke services.
18 Reducing the impact of stroke and improving the publichealth.
Index
"Unlike many handbooks its content is not dry and it is up todate and exceptionally readable The authors managed to conveycomplex information about stroke and its management in a digestibleyet comprehensive format. Putting the information in a historicalperspective often with reference to personal experience and somehumor gives the reader a sense of the personal touch and makes thereading more enjoyable and even entertaining Another importantfeature is the truly encyclopedic coverage of the topics. Anexceptionally detailed index helps the reader navigate through thebook. I highly recommend this encyclopedic stroke textbook to allmedical students physicians clinicians and academicians interestedin stroke or working with patients with stroke and their familiesFor all of these readers this is truly a 'must have'table book." (Journal of the American MedicalAssociation, November 2008)
"All the chapters are excellent, but the nearly 100-page chapteron the general management of stroke is a masterpiece, dealing atthe highest scientific level with daily practical problems that areoften neglected in other books." (New England Journal ofMedicine)
Reviews of the first edition
"This is a comprehensive review of virtually all clinicallyimportant aspects of stroke and cerebrovascular disease...I highlyrecommend this book..." (Archives of Neurology)
"...this is medical book of the year (or even decade), youshould buy two copies and give one to your mum..."(JNNP)
"'Must reading' for any physician who treats patients withstroke, it presents a unique blend of academic and clinicalperspectives. I highly recommend it..." (Mayo ClinicProceedings)
"...a remarkable piece of work...The book is written in abrilliant didactic form..." (Gerontology)
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.4.2008 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie |
Schlagworte | Medical Science • Medizin • Neurologie • Neurology |
ISBN-10 | 0-470-69565-X / 047069565X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-470-69565-4 / 9780470695654 |
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