Alexander Evidence-Based Nursing Care for Stroke and Neurovascular Conditions

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-48590-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten, E-Book

With the aging population ever growing, healthcare for personssuffering from stroke and related illnesses is increasinglyimportant. Evidence-Based Nursing Care for Stroke andNeurovascular Conditions provides a comprehensive and practicalguide for novice, experienced and advanced practice nurses workingwith patients suffering from stroke and other neurovascularconditions.
With a focus specifically on neurovascular disorders, thishighly detailed text offers easy-to-find information onevidence-based care guidelines. The book begins with a thoroughintroduction to normal cerebrovascular anatomy and physiology andcommon pathologic mechanisms, describing the unique challenges inworking with this patient group. Later chapters provide thepathophysiology, diagnostic and current nursing interventions forthe care of patients with neurovascular disorders includingtransient ischemic attacks, ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke,Moyamoya, Migraines and more.Evidence-Based Nursing Care for Stroke and NeurovascularConditions is a must-have resource for practitioners caring forpatients enduring stroke and other neurovascular conditions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alexander, Sheila A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1 Introduction 1
Sheila A. Alexander
2 Transient Ischemic Attacks 25
Lori M. Massaro
3 Ischemic Stroke 35
Lori M. Massaro
4 Intracerebral Hemorrhage 73
Tarek Dakakni and Michael L. "Luke" James
5 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 95
Sheila A. Alexander
6 Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy 135
Alice E. Davis
7 Vascular Malformations 163
Sheila A. Alexander
8 Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with SubcorticalInfarcts and Leukoencephalopathy
(CADASIL) 185
Sheila A. Alexander
9 Migraine Headache 195
Sheila A. Alexander
10 Moyamoya Disease 213
Sheila A. Alexander
11 Binswanger's Disease 225
Sheila A. Alexander
12 Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) 233
Alice E. Davis
13 Vasculitis of the Central Nervous System and Cranial Vessel(Arteritis) 259
Alice E. Davis
Index 279

Über Autor(innen)

Sheila A. Alexander, RN, PhD is Assistant Professor, Acute and Tertiary Care, at the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Nursing.