Stroke Medicine (Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Neurology)

Description

The second edition of Stroke Medicine incorporates considerable advances in the treatment of stroke that have occurred since the first edition published. This provides an up-to-date and easilyaccessible source of information on all aspects of stroke care, from acute care through to rehabilitation and secondary prevention. The new edition includes some additional updates on cardiacinvestigation of stroke, due to novel methods for detecting atrial fibrillation, and new trial data has been added to the chapter on Treatment of Stroke. The book includes numerous illustrationsand tables presenting information in an easy-to-follow way and is designed to be used by the practising physician as a practical handbook of stroke care. 

Table of contents

1: Epidemiology and stroke risk factors
2: Neuroanatomy
3: Vascular anatomy and stroke syndromes
4: History-taking in the stroke patient
5: Examination
6: Investigation of the stroke patient
7: Imaging in stroke
8: Ischaemic stroke-common causes
9: Acute stroke treatment
10: Secondary prevention of stroke
11: Unusual causes of stroke and their treatment
12: Cerebral venous thrombosis
13: Cerebral haemorrhage
14: Recovery and rehabilitation
15: Vascular dementia
16: Organization of stroke services
17: Ethical issues in stroke care
Glossary
Useful stroke scales
Useful websites