Stroke Sourcebook
Subtitle: Basic Consumer Health Information About Stroke (Health Reference Series) (Health Reference Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc.
Published: June 1, 2003
Place of publication: Detroit, MI :
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9780780806306
Subjects: Consumer issues; Diseases & disorders; Encyclopaedias & Reference Works; Family & Health; Health systems & services; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Public health & preventive medicine; Cerebrovascular Diseases; Consumer Guides To Health Care; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; Neurology - General; Reference; Public Health; Cerebrovascular disease; Popular works
Table of contents: title: Know stroke : know the signs, act in time -- Stroke statistics in the U.S. -- The cost of stroke to all Americans -- Types of stroke. Ischemic stroke -- Hemorrhagic stroke -- Transient ischemic attack (TIA) -- Stroke secondary to carotid dissection -- Stroke in children -- Seeking health care following stroke -- Stroke risk factors and triggers -- Homocysteine, antibodies, and inflammation impact stroke risk -- Atherosclerosis may lead to stroke -- Stroke and cardiovascular disease. Stroke is a cardiovascular disease -- Heart disease and stroke in women -- Postmenopausal hormone therapy and stroke risk -- Stroke may be caused by diabetes -- High blood pressure increases stroke risk -- Obesity and stroke -- Sleep disorders and stroke -- Stroke and young women -- 	Elderly patients have high stroke risk within six months of heart attack -- Multi-infarct dementia is caused by stroke -- Recurrent stroke risks -- Tests help predict stroke risk -- Tests and procedures used for stroke diagnosis -- Stroke victims need drugs fast -- Acute stroke management -- Tool allows early prediction of patient's stroke outcome -- Stroke scales : evaluating effects of stroke -- Surgical treatments for stroke -- Do you have access to the best treatment for stroke? -- Family plays critical role in stroke recovery -- Discharge planning for stroke patients -- Post-stroke rehabilitation -- Physical therapy helps stroke patients recover skills -- Occupational therapy is important for stroke recovery -- Aphasia and dysarthria : speech difficulties following stroke -- Activities of daily living and stroke recovery -- Understanding paralysis and spasticity after stroke -- Nutrition for stroke victims -- Life at home for stroke survivors and family -- Stroke caregivers : what to do and how to do it? -- Stroke prevention guidelines -- Carotid endarterectomy for stroke prevention -- Cholesterol control reduces stroke risk -- Take your pulse for life™ : 60 seconds once a month can help prevent a stroke -- The DASH diet lowers blood pressure and stroke risk -- Aspirin and Warfarin for stroke prevention -- Estrogen doesn't prevent second strokes -- Community-based interventions : looking at the stroke belt initiative -- Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act -- Stroke initiatives and current research -- A guide for stroke survivors with disabilities seeking employment -- Social Security disability benefits for stroke survivors. Introduction to disability and Social Security -- You may be able to get SSI -- How to apply for Social Security benefits -- Working while disabled -- Advance directives and living wills assist families of stroke victims -- Glossary : speaking the language of stroke -- Directory of stroke resources.