Stroke prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation /
Spence, David.
Stroke prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation / J. David Spence, Henry J.M. Barrett. - New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2012. - xiv, 306 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
it includes index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Importance of stroke and stroke prevention -- Epidemiology of stroke prevention and urgency of treatment -- Potential for stroke prevention -- Preventing stroke -- Nutrition, diabetes, and stroke prevention -- Smoking cessation -- Exercise -- Hypertension -- Antiplatelet therapy -- Anticoagulation -- Lipid-lowering therapy -- Management and prevention of intracranial atherosclerotic disease -- Appropriate endarterectomy and stenting for carotid stenosis -- Finding the cause of the TIA or stroke: the key to appropriate therapy -- Thoughts on the hazards of relying on publications: cautions needed before applying published results to evidence-based medicine -- Prospects for prevention of dementia by prevention of stroke -- Minimizing adverse effects of cardiovascular drugs -- When the stroke wasn't prevented -- Treatment of acute stroke: medical and interventional therapy -- Surgical management of acute stroke -- Stroke rehabilitation.
9780071762359 (alk. paper) 0071762353 (alk. paper)
2011277797
101584323 DNLM 016034520 Uk
Cerebrovascular disease--Prevention.
Cerebrovascular disease--Treatment.
Cerebrovascular disease--Patients--Rehabilitation.
Stroke--prevention & control.
Stroke--therapy.
RC388.5 / .S663 2012
616.81 / SPE
2012 D-894 WL 356 WL 356 / S744 2012
Stroke prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation / J. David Spence, Henry J.M. Barrett. - New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2012. - xiv, 306 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
it includes index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Importance of stroke and stroke prevention -- Epidemiology of stroke prevention and urgency of treatment -- Potential for stroke prevention -- Preventing stroke -- Nutrition, diabetes, and stroke prevention -- Smoking cessation -- Exercise -- Hypertension -- Antiplatelet therapy -- Anticoagulation -- Lipid-lowering therapy -- Management and prevention of intracranial atherosclerotic disease -- Appropriate endarterectomy and stenting for carotid stenosis -- Finding the cause of the TIA or stroke: the key to appropriate therapy -- Thoughts on the hazards of relying on publications: cautions needed before applying published results to evidence-based medicine -- Prospects for prevention of dementia by prevention of stroke -- Minimizing adverse effects of cardiovascular drugs -- When the stroke wasn't prevented -- Treatment of acute stroke: medical and interventional therapy -- Surgical management of acute stroke -- Stroke rehabilitation.
9780071762359 (alk. paper) 0071762353 (alk. paper)
2011277797
101584323 DNLM 016034520 Uk
Cerebrovascular disease--Prevention.
Cerebrovascular disease--Treatment.
Cerebrovascular disease--Patients--Rehabilitation.
Stroke--prevention & control.
Stroke--therapy.
RC388.5 / .S663 2012
616.81 / SPE
2012 D-894 WL 356 WL 356 / S744 2012