Explores the effectiveness of tissue plasminogen activator when used within the first three hours of the onset of symptoms! This book gathers fundamental scientific thought and clinical knowledge relating to acute stroke management, and suggests appropriate guidelines for treating patients when blood ceases to flow to the brain. Written by a panel of international clinicians who draw on their experiences of seeing patients on a daily basis, Management of Acute Stroke, · advocates early intervention techniques to prevent complications following a stroke · highlights the importance of determining the origin of a stroke to reduce the possibility of recurrence · encourages preventive care to ensure good health · describes the personal, familial, and financial burdens of acute stroke · emphasizes the benefits of early exposure to emergency and neurological care to lessen the severity of a stroke · discusses specific complications that hinder outcomes and adversely affect prognosis · analyzes the usefulness of commonly prescribed medications such as aspirin and other antiplatelets and anticoagulants · supplies a critical care pathway for stroke management · and more!
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...a handy compilation of what is known about the diagnosis and pathogenesis of stroke and many of the cutting-edge treatments in use and under study. It is recommended for academic medical libraries and large hospital libraries.
-E-Streams, 2001
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By any measure, stroke is a massive public health problem. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
brain attack team, early stroke recurrence, carotid siphon stenosis, carotid artery endarterectomy, stroke subtype diagnosis, symptomatic intracranial stenosis, cooperative aneurysm study, young stroke patients, progressing stroke, aspiration following stroke, critical care pathway, delayed neuronal necrosis, early anticoagulation, basilar artery stenosis, ticlopidine study, acute ischemic stroke, intracranial angioplasty, hemorrhagic transformation, hematoma volume, hospital notification, cardioembolic stroke, surgical arm, symptomatic vasospasm, acute stroke, intracranial atherosclerosis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Arch Neurol, Cereb Blood Flow Metab, Arch Phys Med Rehabil, New York, Brain Res, Ann Neurol, Cerebrovasc Dis, United States, Ann Intern Med, North American, American Heart Association, Arch Intern Med, Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, Neurol Sci, Acta Neurol Scand, Atrial Fibrillation Investigators, Collaborative Group, Cerebrovasc Brain Metab Rev, International Stroke Trial, Pediatr Res, Neurol Clin, North Carolina, Thromb Haemost, Acta Neuropathol, Ann Emerg Med New!
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By any measure, stroke is a massive public health problem. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
brain attack team, early stroke recurrence, carotid siphon stenosis, carotid artery endarterectomy, stroke subtype diagnosis, symptomatic intracranial stenosis, cooperative aneurysm study, young stroke patients, progressing stroke, aspiration following stroke, critical care pathway, delayed neuronal necrosis, early anticoagulation, basilar artery stenosis, ticlopidine study, acute ischemic stroke, intracranial angioplasty, hemorrhagic transformation, hematoma volume, hospital notification, cardioembolic stroke, surgical arm, symptomatic vasospasm, acute stroke, intracranial atherosclerosis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Arch Neurol, Cereb Blood Flow Metab, Arch Phys Med Rehabil, New York, Brain Res, Ann Neurol, Cerebrovasc Dis, United States, Ann Intern Med, North American, American Heart Association, Arch Intern Med, Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, Neurol Sci, Acta Neurol Scand, Atrial Fibrillation Investigators, Collaborative Group, Cerebrovasc Brain Metab Rev, International Stroke Trial, Pediatr Res, Neurol Clin, North Carolina, Thromb Haemost, Acta Neuropathol, Ann Emerg Med New!
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- Handbook of Neurorehabilitation (Neurological Disease and Therapy) by David Good on 5 pages
- Handbook of Multiple Sclerosis, Fourth Edition (Neurological Disease and Therapy) by Stuart D. Cook in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Acute Stroke (Contemporary Neurology Series) by Vladimir Hachinski on page 13, and page 138
- Atrial Fibrillation by David Martin on page 466
- Pharmacology of Cerebral Ischemia by Josef Krieglstein on page 359
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