Stroke prevention, treatment and rehabilitation / J. David Spence, Henry J.M. Barrett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spence, J. David.

Contributor:

Barnett, H. J. M. (Henry J. M.)

Gail and Warren Lieberfarb Mental Health and Neuroscience Library Resources Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stroke--prevention & control.

Stroke--therapy.

Cerebrovascular disease--Prevention.

Cerebrovascular disease.

Cerebrovascular disease--Treatment.

Cerebrovascular disease--Patients--Rehabilitation.

Medical Subjects:

Stroke--prevention & control.

Stroke--therapy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, [2012]

Summary:

Featuring a rigorous evidence-based approach and hands-on tools, this book will enable you to minimize the risk of stroke for your patients.

Edited by two global authorities, Stroke Prevention, Treatment & Rehabilitation offers leading-edge insights, new data, and best practices from luminaries in the field all designed to help you apply proven stroke prevention techniques and treatment protocols to your practice. In concise, practical chapters, the text surveys the epidemiology of stroke, the urgency of treatment, and how to unlock the considerable potential for prevention. Dedicated chapters highlight specific, ready-to-use prevention methods, including:

Nutritional counseling, smoking cessation, and exercise

Management of hypertension

Antiplatelet, anticoagulation, and lipid-lowering therapies

Intracranial stenosis and appropriate endarterectomy and stenting

Treatment and rehabilitation when stroke has already occurred Book jacket.

Contents:

Importance of stroke and stroke prevention

Epidemiology of stroke prevention and urgency of treatment

Potential for stroke prevention

Preventing stroke

Nutrition, diabetes, and stroke prevention

Smoking cessation

Exercise

Hypertension

Antiplatelet therapy

Anticoagulation

Lipid-lowering therapy

Management and prevention of intracranial atherosclerotic disease

Appropriate endarterectomy and stenting for carotid stenosis

Finding the cause of the TIA or stroke: the key to appropriate therapy

Thoughts on the hazards of relying on publications: cautions needed before applying published results to evidence-based medicine

Prospects for prevention of dementia by prevention of stroke

Minimizing adverse effects of cardiovascular drugs

When the stroke wasn't prevented

Treatment of acute stroke: medical and interventional therapy

Surgical management of acute stroke

Stroke rehabilitation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Gail and Warren Lieberfarb Mental Health and Neuroscience Library Resources Fund.

ISBN:

9780071762359

0071762353

OCLC:

748333195