Stroke management and recovery / / editor, Bruce Ovbiagele

• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Future Medicine Ltd., , [2013]; ©2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (197 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.1
• Soggetto topico: Cerebrovascular disease - Diagnosis; Cerebrovascular disease - Treatment; Cerebrovascular disease - Prevention
• Persona (resp. second.): OvbiageleBruce
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword. Stroke management and recovery; 1. Stroke pathophysiology; 2. Risk factors and primary prevention; 3. Early symptoms, signs and diagnosis of stroke; 4. Hyperacute stroke management; 5. In-hospital management of stroke; 6. Medications for recurrent stroke prevention; 7. Surgical prevention of stroke; 8. Stroke prevention: diet and lifestyle; 9. Multidisciplinary stroke rehabilitation and prognosis; 10. Physical and occupational therapy; 11. Speech and language therapy; 12. Management of postdischarge complications; 13. Stroke systems of care ; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In its thirteen chapters, this book highlights advances in our understanding of the nature and underpinnings of stroke - a leading cause of death, disability, dementia and depression. Contemporary knowledge is presented regarding public health burden, pathophysiological types/subtypes, traditional/emerging risk factors and prediction models for primary and secondary stroke.
• Titolo autorizzato: Stroke management and recovery
• ISBN: 1-78084-183-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810941203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II