Stroke : practical management / C. Warlow [and others].

Other author Warlow, Charles, 1934-
Format Book
Edition3rd ed.
Publication InfoMalden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2008, ©2007.
Descriptionx, 995 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm
Subjects
Cerebrovascular disease.
Cerebrovascular disease--Treatment.
Stroke--therapy.
Intracranial Hemorrhages--therapy.
Ischemic Attack, Transient--therapy.

Contents Development of knowledge about cerebrovascular disease -- Is it a vascular event and where is the lesion? -- Which arterial territory is involved? -- What pathological type of stroke is it, cerebral ischaemeic of haemorrhage? -- What caused this transient or persisting ischaemic event? -- Unusual causes of ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack -- What caused this intracerebral haemorrhage? -- What caused this subarachnoid haemorrhage? -- A practical approach to the management of stroke and transien ischaemic attack patients -- What are this person's problems? a problem-based approach to the general management of stroke -- Specific treatments for acute ischaemic stroke -- Specific treatment of intracerebral haemorrhage -- Specific treatment of aneurismal subarachonoid haemorrhage -- Specific interventions to prevent intracranial haemorrhage -- Preventing recurrent stroke and other serious vascular events -- The organization of stroke services -- Reducing the impact of stroke and improving the public health.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007022955
ISBN9781405127660 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
ISBN140512766X (hardcover : alk. paper)

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