Title Statements
- Full title :Stroke.
Summary
Stroke is the third most common cause of death after heart disease and cancer in developed countries. Part of the Oxford Neurology Library, this pocketbook highlights the importance of stroke, its diagnosis, the problems of misdiagnosis, and current thoughts on its pathogenesis, acute treatment and rehabilitation as well as prevention. The book will serve as an invaluable quick reference for neurologists, cardiologists, geriatricians, internists, trainees, nurses, allied health professionals, and general practitioners.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):OUP Oxford
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (195 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780191502293, 0191502294
- oclc:ocn954594965
- LC Classification:RC388.5.S8455 2012
- Dewey Decimal:616.81
Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; Preface; Foreword; Abbreviations; Section A: Epidemiology, pathophysiology and phenomenology; 1 Epidemiology; 2 Primary prevention; 3 Pathophysiology and cellular mechanisms; 4 Phenomenology of ischaemic stroke; 5 Phenomenology of intracerebral haemorrhage; 6 Phenomenology of subarachnoid haemorrhage and cerebral venous thrombosis; Section B: Diagnosis and diagnostic instruments; 7 Clinical diagnosis; 8 Imaging in acute stroke; 9 Stroke subtype classi. cation; Section C: Acute stroke management and treatment; 10 Management of acute stroke.
11 Specific treatment of acute ischaemic stroke12 Specific treatment of intracerebral haemorrhage; 13 Specific treatment of subarachnoid haemorrhage and cerebral venous thrombosis; Section D: Secondary prevention, recovery and rehabilitation; 14 Secondary prevention; 15 Recovery and rehabilitation; Index.
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