Fully-updated in its third edition, this accessible and comprehensive handbook fills a niche for professional caregivers, worldwide. For students and stroke specialists alike to confidently reach critical decisions on stroke treatment, and substantially affect patient outcomes.
Fully-updated in its third edition, this accessible and comprehensive handbook fills a niche for professional caregivers, worldwide. For students and stroke specialists alike to confidently reach critical decisions on stroke treatment, and substantially affect patient outcomes.
M. Carter Denny MD, MPH is an assistant professor of neurology in the stroke program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC. She completed her two-year vascular neurology fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas.
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1. Stroke in the emergency department 2. What to do first 3. Ischemic stroke 4. Stroke radiology 5. Intravenous thrombolysis 6. Endovascular therapy (ET) 7. Neurological deterioration in acute ischemic stroke 8. Ischemic stroke etiology and secondary prevention 9. Transient ischemic attack (TIA) 10. Less common causes of stroke 11. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis 12. Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) 13. Subarachnoid hemorrage (SAH) 14. Organization of stroke care 15. Stroke rehabilitation 16. Transition to outpatient stroke care.
