Stroke Essentials for Primary Care A Practical Guide /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Alway, David. (Editor), Cole, John Walden. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Series: Current Clinical Practice
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Primary Care Medicine.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-433-9

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. While an indispensable guide for primary care clinicians, including family practitioners and medical internists who often assume...

Table of Contents:

• Identifying Stroke and Stroke Type
• Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic 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 States and Stroke
• Carotid Artery Disease
• Cerebral Venous Thrombosis.