Ischemic stroke therapeutics [electronic resource] : a comprehensive guide / Bruce Ovbiagele, Tanya N. Turan, editors.
Ovbiagele, Bruce, editor.; Turan, Tanya N., editor.
2016
RC388.5
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Title Ischemic stroke therapeutics [electronic resource] : a comprehensive guide / Bruce Ovbiagele, Tanya N. Turan, editors.
ISBN 9783319177502 (electronic book)
3319177508 (electronic book)
9783319177496
3319177494
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17750-2
Published Cham : Springer, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-17750-2 doi
Call Number RC388.5
Dewey Decimal Classification 616.8/106
Summary This complete resource captures state-of-the-art strategies and the accelerated pace of discovery that is revolutionizing what is known about ischemic stroke and its treatment. Therapeutics for acute management, secondary prevention, recovery, rehabilitation, asymptomatic cerebral ischemia, and implementation of stroke systems of care are all discussed in this comprehensive yet practical guide. Chapters are authored by leading academicians with extensive clinical practice experience from all over the world and feature the scientific evidence behind prevailing therapeutic strategies for managing ischemic cerebrovascular disease. The specialist or general practitioner will gain critical knowledge in stroke management, current clinical challenges and promising new therapies under investigation.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note References5: Hemicraniectomy; Introduction; Pathophysiology; Clinical Presentation; Radiologic Findings; Surgical Timing; Surgical Technique of Hemicraniectomy; Complications; Outcomes of Decompressive Hemicraniectomy; Factors to Consider Before Hemicraniectomy; Current Recommendations; Suboccipital Decompressive Craniectomy; Conclusion; References; 6: Supportive Care and Management of Inhospital Complications; General Concepts; Key Questions; Supportive Care Basics; "Neuroworsening"; Cerebral Edema; Reperfusion Injury and Hemorrhagic Transformation; Seizures and Epilepsy
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed December 17, 2015).
Added Author Ovbiagele, Bruce, editor.
Turan, Tanya N., editor.
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Chapter 1 General Concepts: Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Chapter 2 Pre-hospital Stroke Treatment (EMS stabilization protocols)
Chapter 3 Intravenous Thrombolysis and Anti-thrombotics
Chapter 4 Intra-Arterial Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Chapter 5 Hemicraniectomy
Chapter 6 Supportive Care and Management of In-hospital Complications
Chapter 7 Post-Discharge Complications of Stroke
Chapter 8 General Concepts: Stroke Mechanisms, Subtyping, and Work Up
Chapter 9 Traditional Stroke Risk Factor Treatment
Chapter 10 Heterogeneous causes of stroke
Antithrombotics
Chapter 11 Heterogeneous Causes of Stroke
Select Emerging Risk Factors
Chapter 12 Secondary Prevention After Cardioembolic Stroke
Chapter 13 Secondary Prevention after Ischemic Lacunar Stroke
Chapter 14 Secondary Prevention after Symptomatic Large Artery Extracranial Disease
Chapter15 Secondary Prevention after Symptomatic Large Artery Intracranial Disease
Chapter 16 Secondary Prevention after Non-atherosclerotic Cerebral Vasculopathies
Chapter 17 Secondary Prevention after Ischemic Strokes due to Hypercoagulable States
Chapter 18 General Concepts: Therapies for Rehabilitation and Recovery
Chapter 19 Botulinum Toxin for Post-Stroke Limb Spasticity
Chapter 20 Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors
Chapter 21 Constraint Induced Therapies
Chapter 22 Virtual Reality in Stroke Rehabilitation
Chapter 23 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Chapter 24 General Concepts: Management of Asymptomatic Cerebrovascular Disease
Chapter 25 Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis
Chapter 26 Subclinical Vascular Brain Injury
Chapter 27 General Concepts: Stroke Systems of Care
Chapter 28 Stroke Centers and Related Aspects of Stroke Systems
Chapter 29 Role of Registries and Community Models in Developed Countries
Chapter 30 Telemedicine in Stroke Systems of Care.

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