Stroke in the Older Person

Herausgeber: Munshi, Sunil K; Harwood, Rowan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mostly affecting older people, stroke can lead to death, disability, and dependency. Stroke in the Older Person brings together key discussions on every aspect of stroke as it affects the older person. Written by experienced clinicians, it offers evidence-based information and practical tips to promote excellent care for older patients.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 173mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1186g
• ISBN-13: 9780198747499
• ISBN-10: 0198747497
• Artikelnr.: 57793730

Autorenporträt

Dr Sunil Munshi is a Consultant Physician and Geriatrician in the Department of Stroke and Medicine at Nottingham University Hospital at Nottingham University School of Medicine. He was awarded "Best Clinical Teacher of Nottingham University Hospitals" and his education programme in stroke was nominated for the BMJ Education Award in 2017. His research interests include stroke, geriatric medicine, cerebrovascular circulation, stroke thrombolysis, and cerebrovascular disease He was presented the Health Innovation and Education Cluster award for Stroke Teaching. Professor Rowan Harwood is a Consultant Physician and Geriatrician, and Professor of Palliative Medicine at Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust. His research interests include delirium, dementia, continence, rehabilitation, clinical ethics, and end of life care. For a decade, Professor Harwood worked as a stroke physician. He has co-authored 4 books on stroke and dementia care and authored and co-authored 100 academic papers. In 2019, Professor Harwood was appointed editor-in-chief of Age and Ageing.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Ossie Newell: What does it mean to have a stroke?
* 2: Timothy J. England: Epidemiology and aetiopathogenesis
* 3: Jagdish Sharma: Presentation of stroke in the older person
* 4: Marissa Hagan and Ashit K. Shetty: Transient Ischaemic Attack
(TIA) in the older person
* 5: Christopher D. Stephen and Louis R. Caplan: Stroke mimics:
Transient focal neurological events
* 6: Senthil Raghunathan: Diagnostic investigations for stroke in older
people: A practical approach
* 7: Amy C. Gerrish, Dorothee P. Auer, and Amlyn Evans: A practical
approach to neuroimaging in stroke
* 8: David Mangion: Atrial fibrillation and stroke in the older person
* 9: Paul Guyler: Early management of acute ischaemic stroke
* 10: Zhe Kang Law and Nikola Sprigg: Intracerebral haemorrhage in
older people
* 11: Gordon Blair, Jason P. Appleton, Joanna M. Wardlaw, and Philip M.
Bath: Cerebral small vessel disease: Potential interventions for
prevention and treatment
* 12: Jessica Beavan and Lisa Everton: Nutrition, feeding and dysphagia
in the older patient with stroke
* 13: Dee Webster and Sally Knapp: Communication disorders post-stroke
* 14: Ganesh Subramanian: Early and late complications of stroke
* 15: Rowena Padamsey and Avril Drummond: Occupational therapy in older
people with stroke
* 16: Dawn Hicklin and Clair Finnemore: Physiotherapy of the older
stroke patient
* 17: Rowan H. Harwood: Ethical and moral dilemmas including Do Not
Attempt Resuscitation orders, advanced care planning, and end of life
care
* 18: Thomas McGowan and Adrian Blundell: Assessing capacity and
decision making
* 19: Amy Hillarious and Sunil K. Munshi: Urinary incontinence after
stroke
* 20: Ian I. Kneebone and Daniel Kam Yin Chan: Fatigue and the older
stroke patient
* 21: Deborah Plunkett and Sushma Dhar-Munshi: Visual disorders in
stroke
* 22: Catherine Gaynor: Discharge from hospital and early supported
discharge
* 23: Jatinder S. Minhas, Amit K. Mistri, and Thompson G. Robinson:
Secondary prevention and revascularisation in the older person
* 24: Wayne Sunman: Hypertension in older people
* 25: Sandeep Ankolekar and Michela Simoni: Post-stroke cognitive
impairment
* 26: Reg C. Morris: Psychological and emotional issues after stroke
* 27: Adam L. Gordon and Phillipa A. Logan: Stroke care in the
community and long-term care facilities
* 28: Mohana Maddula and Sunil K. Munshi: Readmission to hospital after
stroke
* 29: Kailash Krishnan and Nikola Sprigg: Research trials in the older
stroke patient
* 30: Declan O Kane: End of life care in stroke