Handbook of Stroke (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Handbook Series)

Thoroughly updated to reflect the best current practices in stroke medicine, Handbook of Stroke, Second Edition is a user-friendly one-stop guide to the clinical management of patients with cerebrovascular disorders—from clinical and laboratory assessment, differential diagnosis, and initial management, to medical and surgical treatment, prognosis, rehabilitation, and stroke prevention. The book is written by leaders in stroke medicine and delivers concise, practice-oriented overviews and practical recommendations to guide decision-making. This edition includes cutting-edge information on acute stroke treatment, cerebrovascular disease genetics, primary stroke prevention, management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms, and the newest therapies for various stroke-related symptoms and disorders. Thoroughly updated to reflect the best current practices in stroke medicine, Handbook of Stroke, Second Edition is a user-friendly one-stop guide to the clinical management of patients with cerebrovascular disorders--from clinical and laboratory assessment, differential diagnosis, and initial management, to medical and surgical treatment, prognosis, rehabilitation, and stroke prevention. The book is written by leaders in stroke medicine and delivers concise, practice-oriented overviews and practical recommendations to guide decision-making. This edition includes cutting-edge information on acute stroke treatment, cerebrovascular disease genetics, primary stroke prevention, management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms, and the newest therapies for various stroke-related symptoms and disorders. Content: Systematic clinical assessment -- Historical evaluation of key signs and symptoms -- General medical review -- General examination -- Neurologic examination -- Approach to the comatose patient -- Laboratory evaluation -- Differential diagnosis made easy: general approach -- Temporal profile of ischemic cerebrovascular diseases -- Telephone interview and triage -- Management of acute stroke in critically ill patients -- Transient ischemic attack and minor cerebral infarction: general evaluation and treatment -- Major cerebral infarction: general evaluation and treatment -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage: general evaluation and treatment -- Intracerebral hemorrhage: general evaluation and treatment -- Four major categories of ischemic cerebrovascular disease: identification and treatment -- Five major categories of hemorrhagic disease: treatment of specific underlying mechanisms -- Cerebral venous thrombosis -- Other cerebrovascular syndromes -- Vascular disease of the spinal cord -- Cerebrovascular disease in children and young adults -- Cerebrovascular disease in pregnant patients -- Cerebrovascular disease genetics -- Modifiable lifestyle and environmental factors -- Asymptomatic carotid and vertebral stenosis -- Hypertension -- Dyslipidemia -- Other host factors -- Unruptured intracranial aneurysms -- Unruptured intracranial vascular malformations -- Hematologic disease -- Carotid or vertebral artery occlusive disease -- Transient ischemic attack -- Cerebral infarction -- Intracerebral hemorrhage -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Physical therapy -- Speech therapy -- Other chronic complications of stroke -- Family and patient education. Systematic clinical assessment Historical evaluation of key signs and symptoms General medical review General examination Neurologic examination Approach to the comatose patient Laboratory evaluation Differential diagnosis made easy: general approach Temporal profile of ischemic cerebrovascular diseases Telephone interview and triage Management of acute stroke in critically ill patients Transient ischemic attack and minor cerebral infarction: general evaluation and treatment Major cerebral infarction: general evaluation and treatment Subarachnoid hemorrhage: general evaluation and treatment Intracerebral hemorrhage: general evaluation and treatment Four major categories of ischemic cerebrovascular disease: identification and Treatment Five major categories of hemorrhagic disease: treatment of specific underlying Mechanisms Cerebral venous thrombosis Other cerebrovascular syndromes Vascular disease of the spinal cord Cerebrovascular disease in children and young adults Cerebrovascular disease in pregnant patients Genetics of cerebrovascular disorders Modifiable lifestyle and environmental factors Asymptomatic carotid and vertebral stenosis Hypertension Dyslipidemia Other host factors Unruptured intracranial aneurysms Unruptured intracranial vascular malformations Hematologic disease Carotid or vertebral artery occlusive disease Transient ischemic attack Cerebral infarction Intracerebral hemorrhage Subarachnoid hemorrhage Physical therapy Speech therapy Other chronic complications of stroke Family and patient education. Thoroughly updated to reflect the best current practices in stroke medicine, this text is a user-friendly, one-stop guide to the clinical management of patients with cerebrovascular disorders - from clinical and laboratory assessment, differential diagnosis, to medical and surgical treatment