Handbook of stroke
By: David O. Wiebers, Valery L. Feigin, Robert D. Brown, Jr. ; foreword by Jack P. Whisnant.
Contributors: Feigin, Valery L.; Brown, Robert D. 1961-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Cerebrovascular disease -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Cerebrovascular Disorders -- complications; Cerebrovascular Disorders -- diagnosis; Cerebrovascular Disorders -- therapy; Acute Disease -- therapy
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Systematic clinical assessment; title: Historical evaluation of key signs and symptoms; title: General medical review; title: General examination; title: Neurologic examination; title: Approach to the comatose patient; title: Laboratory evaluation; title: Differential diagnosis made easy: general approach; title: Temporal profile of ischemic cerebrovascular diseases; title: Telephone interview and triage; title: Management of acute stroke in critically ill patients; title: Transient ischemic attack and minor cerebral infarction: general evaluation and treatment; title: Major cerebral infarction: general evaluation and treatment; title: Subarachnoid hemorrhage: general evaluation and treatment; title: Intracerebral hemorrhage: general evaluation and treatment; title: Four major categories of ischemic cerebrovascular disease: identification and; title: Treatment; title: Five major categories of hemorrhagic disease: treatment of specific underlying; title: Mechanisms; title: Cerebral venous thrombosis; title: Other cerebrovascular syndromes; title: Vascular disease of the spinal cord; title: Cerebrovascular disease in children and young adults; title: Cerebrovascular disease in pregnant patients; title: Genetics of cerebrovascular disorders; title: Modifiable lifestyle and environmental factors; title: Asymptomatic carotid and vertebral stenosis; title: Hypertension; title: Dyslipidemia; title: Other host factors; title: Unruptured intracranial aneurysms; title: Unruptured intracranial vascular malformations; title: Hematologic disease; title: Carotid or vertebral artery occlusive disease; title: Transient ischemic attack; title: Cerebral infarction; title: Intracerebral hemorrhage; title: Subarachnoid hemorrhage; title: Physical therapy; title: Speech therapy; title: Other chronic complications of stroke; title: Family and patient education.