Warlow / van Gijn / Sudlow Stroke

Practical Management
3. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-69565-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 1008 Seiten, E-Book

* 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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Warlow, Charles P.

van Gijn, Jan

Sudlow, Cathie

Dennis, Martin S.

Rothwell, Peter

Wardlaw, Joanna M.

Bamford, John M.

Hankey, Graeme J.

Sandercock, Peter A. G.

Rinkel, Gabriel

Langhorne, Peter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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