The Code Stroke Handbook: Approach to the Acute Stroke Patient

by Micieli, Andrew

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Full title :The Code Stroke Handbook : Approach to the Acute Stroke Patient / Andrew Micieli, Raed Joundi, Houman Khosravani, Julia Hopyan, David J. Gladstone.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Academic Press
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

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Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780128205235, 0128205237
oclc:on1159421112
LC Classification:RC388.5
Dewey Decimal:616.8/1

Intro -- The Code Stroke Handbook: Approach to the Acute Stroke Patient -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 History taking -- Important initial questions to ask -- A word about.... Time is brain -- Further reading -- Chapter 2 Stroke mimics -- 1 What are clinical clues to differentiate seizure or migraine aura from stroke/TIA? -- 2 Limb shaking TIA -- 3 Migraine -- 4 Clinical cues to help differentiate a peripheral from a central cause of vertigo -- 5 Stroke and decreased level of consciousness -- 6 Stroke and visual symptoms

6.1 Are the visual symptoms monocular or binocular? -- 6.2 Diplopia -- 7 What clues on history suggest a psychogenic disorder? -- Further reading -- Chapter 3 NIH stroke scale and neurological examination -- 1 National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale -- 1.1 How to score dysarthria in a patient that is aphasic? -- 1.2 How do I assess visual fields if the patient is not able to reliably communicate? -- 1.3 How do I score ataxia if the patient is weak? -- 1.4 How do I assess the sensory examination if the patient cannot communicate? -- 1.5 How do I assess for neglect?

1.6 How do I distinguish visual extinction from a visual fi…

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