Stroke: Practical Management, Third Edition

Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–5): Chapter 2 Development of Knowledge About Cerebrovascular Disease (pages 7–34): Chapter 3 Is it a Vascular Event and Where is the Lesion?: Identifying and Interpreting the Symptoms and Signs of Cerebrovascular Disease (pages 35–130): Chapter 4 Which Arterial Territory is Involved? (pages 131–180): Chapter 5 What Pathological Type of Stroke is it, Cerebral Ischaemia or Haemorrhage? (pages 181–258): Chapter 6 What Caused This Transient or Persisting Ischaemic Event? (pages 259–351): Chapter 7 Unusual Causes of Ischaemic Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack (pages 353–409): Chapter 8 What Caused This Intracerebral Haemorrhage? (pages 411–456): Chapter 9 What Caused This Subarachnoid Haemorrhage? (pages 457–502): Chapter 10 A Practical Approach to the Management of Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack Patients (pages 503–535): Chapter 11 What are This Patient's Problems?: A Problem?Based Approach to the General Management of Stroke (pages 537–633): Chapter 12 Specific Treatments for Acute Ischaemic Stroke (pages 635–702): Chapter 13 Specific Treatment of Intracerebral Haemorrhage (pages 703–717): Chapter 14 Specific Treatment of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (pages 719–766): Chapter 15 Specific Interventions to Prevent Intracranial Haemorrhage (pages 767–787): Chapter 16 Preventing Recurrent Stroke and Other Serious Vascular Events (pages 789–901): Chapter 17 The Organization of Stroke Services (pages 903–952): Chapter 18 Reducing the Impact of Stroke and Improving the Public Health (pages 953–979): Development of knowledge about cerebrovascular disease Is it a vascular event and where is the lesion? Identifying and interpreting the symptoms and signs of cerebrovascular disease Which arterial territory is involved? Developing a clinically-based method of subclassification What pathological type of stroke is it? 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 patients Specific treatment of acute ischaemic stroke Specific treatment of primary intracerebral haemorrhage Specific treatment of intracerebral haemorrhage Specific treatment of intracranial vascular malformations Specific interventions to prevent intracranial haemorrhage Preventing recurrent stroke and other serious vascular events The organization of stroke services Reducing the burden of stroke and improving the public health.

• 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

Completely updated edition, written by a close-knit author teamPresents a unique approach to stroke - integrated clinical management that weaves together causation, presentation, diagnosis, management and rehabilitationIncludes increased coverage of the statins due to clearer evidence of their effectiveness in preventing strokeFeatures important new evidence on the preventive effect of lowering blood pressureContains a completely revised section on imagingCovers new advances in interventional radiology