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Covering the wide range of knowledge and skills needed to tackle problems that may lead up to, or follow on from a stroke, this new edition follows the course of a patient's journey from diagnosis to life at home, incorporating recent changes in the field of stroke medicine including the latest clinical trials.
List of contents
- 1: Is it a stroke?
- 2: What to do in the first few days
- 3: The first two weeks
- 4: Subarachnoid haemorrhage
- 5: Neuroimaging in stroke
- 6: Making difficult decisions
- 7: End-of-life care
- 8: Rehabilitation
- 9: Hospital discharge
- 10: Preventing strokes and other vascular events
- 11: Outcomes and prognosis
- 12: Longer-term problems and their management
- 13: Cognitive impairment after stroke
About the author
Rowan H Harwood is a Consultant Geriatrician and Professor in geriatric medicine at the University of Nottingham. Particular interests include stroke, delirium, dementia, clinical ethics and end-of-life care. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal 'Age and Ageing', and co-chairs the WHO Technical Advisory Group for monitoring the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing. Dr Farhad Huwez (PhD, FRCP, FRCPG) is a Consultant Stroke Physician at Hyperacute Stroke unit of Royal London
Hospital where a large number of Mechanical Thrombectomy procedures are done regularly. Previously he led Stroke Service in Basildon. Initially, he trained in Cardiology and obtained a PhD from Glasgow
University. He subsequently completed specialist training in General and Geriatrics Medicine and is visiting Professor of
Geriatrics in New Vision University at Tbilisi Georgia. Dr Paul Guyler is a Consultant in Stroke Medicine and Clinical Director for the East of England Regional Stroke Network. He is Deputy Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education at Southend Hospital and an Honorary Visiting Senior Clinical Lecturer with Anglia Ruskin University. He has also been Principal Investigator in many NIHR trials of stroke research. He has been awarded multiple awards, including two Health Service Journal Awards for
Delivering Quality and Value and Service Redesign. Sajid Alam trained at the Barts and London School of Medicine. He is the clinical lead for stroke services at Ipswich Hospital. He has championed the
use for remote technology in stroke with the Mobile Stroke Unit and virtual stroke consultations. Dr Catherine Gaynor is a Consultant Geriatrician and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
Summary
Covering the wide range of knowledge and skills needed to tackle problems that may lead up to, or follow on from a stroke, this new edition follows the course of a patient's journey from diagnosis to life at home, incorporating recent changes in the field of stroke medicine including the latest clinical trials.
Additional text
This stroke manual clearly meets its goal of serving as a reference for healthcare providers of variable experience who care for stroke patients, in addition to being well organized and designed. It is useful and compact enough to carry in a white coat pocket and should easily become a staple among individuals specializing in stroke care or those who want to further improve their care of stroke patients, especially (but not limited to) providers in the U.K.
