Evidence-based management of stroke /

Winner of a HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARD in the Neurology category of the 2012 BMA Medical Book Competition. More than five million people die from stroke each year. Stroke is also the leading cause of adult disability, affecting over 20 million people worldwide, with two-thirds of stroke victims left per...

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Other Authors: Biller, José, Ferro, José M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Harley : Tfm Publishing, 2011.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781908986689
1908986689
9781908986665
1908986662
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • COVER FRONT
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Using evidence-based medicine
  • Chapter 1 Thrombolysis in ischemic stroke
  • Chapter 2 Management of stroke risk factors
  • Chapter 3 Antithrombotic therapies in stroke prevention
  • Chapter 4 Anticoagulant therapy in prevention of ischemic stroke
  • Chapter 5 Interventions for acute ischemic stroke
  • Chapter 6 Interventions for carotid artery disease and intracranial stenosis
  • Chapter 7 Surgery for acute ischemic stroke
  • Chapter 8 Management of ruptured cerebral aneurysms and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhageChapter 9 Management of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage
  • Chapter 10 Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
  • Chapter 11 Ischemic stroke in children
  • Chapter 12 Stroke in pregnancy and puerperium
  • Chapter 13 Oral contraceptives, hormonal therapy and stroke
  • Chapter 14 The management of cerebrovascular complications in cardiac procedures
  • Chapter 15 Central nervous system vascular malformations
  • Index
  • COVER BACK