Stroke Essentials for Primary Care: A Practical Guide is a must-have resource, offering the essential, practical knowledge required to evaluate and treat stroke patients. An indispensable guide for primary care clinicians who often assume the care of stroke patients without the aid of a neurologist (especiallyin underserved areas), Stroke Essentials for Primary Care: A Practical Guide provides the latest diagnostic and treatment information that allows for greater clinical confidence. Designed to allow easy access to essential information, most chapters include a quick summary of their content and conclusions. Chapters review information on such topics as distinguishing features of presentation, rapid determination of stroke type, prevention strategies, long-term complications, and special topics that may apply to specific populations. Targetedand easy to read, Stroke Essentials for Primary Care: A Practical Guide is aninvaluable resource for practitioners in primary care medicine. Practical, concise review of diagnosis and treatment Thorough review of major stroke types Summaries of content and conclusions, allowing for rapid review INDICE: Identifying Stroke and Stroke Type.- Ischemic Stroke and TransientIschemic Attack – Acute Evaluation and Management.- Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack – Long-term Management and Prevention.- Intracerebral Hemorrhage – Acute Evaluation and Management.- Intracerebral Hemorrhage – Long-term Complications and Prevention.- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage – Acute Evaluation and Management.- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage – Long-term Complications and Prevention.- Stroke in the Young Adult.- Headaches and Stroke.- Hypercoagulable Statesand Stroke.- Carotid Artery Disease.- Cerebral Venous Thrombosis.
- ISBN: 978-1-934115-01-5
- Editorial: Humana
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 230
- Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés