The Code Stroke Handbook: Approach to the Acute Stroke Patient

The Code Stroke Handbook: Approach to the Acute Stroke Patient is an easy-to-read, practical clinical resource on best practice care for stroke patients. Many practical tips help prepare readers and clinicians for the next stroke patient, helping ease the anxiety and uncertainty that may accompany acute stroke care. Designed to assist physicians and medical learners at different levels of training and knowledge, the book contains practice guideline recommendations, clinical pearls, common pitfalls and high-yield information that is not readily available in standard stroke textbooks. Provides an easy-to-read, practical, clinical resource on code stroke consultation, including history taking and stroke mimics, neurological exam, acute neuroimaging (non-contrast CT/CT angiography/CT perfusion) and treatments Includes clinical pearls, common pitfalls and clinical knowledge, including a comprehensive stroke syndromes chapterIdeal for residents or medical students, this book will serve as foundational knowledge in stroke inpatient rotationContains many tables, figures, neuroimages and clinical scenarios in a visually pleasing format INDICE: 1. History Taking2. Stroke Mimics3. NIH Stroke Scale and Neurological Examination4. Stroke Syndromes5. Stroke Imaging: Non-contrast Head CT6. Stroke Imaging: CT Angiography7. Stroke Imaging: CT Perfusion8. Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment: Alteplase9. Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment: Endovascular Therapy10. Basilar Artery Occlusion11. Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment: Acute Blood Pressure Management12. Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment: Acute Antiplatelet Therapy

• ISBN: 978-0-12-820522-8
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 250
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés