Stroke Medicine

Stroke is an enormous health problem. It is the third major cause of death, and the major cause of adult neurological disability. As many as a quarter of women in their 80s may suffer stroke. It represents a huge financial burden for the NHS, costing more than heart disease. Stroke care has historically been poor in many places but a revolution in care is taking place as a result of specific treatments such as stroke units and thrombolysis, which have been shown to markedly improve outcome. This has led to many countries reorganising the way they offer stroke care.

Stroke Medicine is a practical handbook for the practising physician. Written by a multidisciplinary team of three practising consultants from a leading UK stroke service, it provides an up-to-date and easily accessible source of information on all aspects of stroke care from acute care, through to rehabilitation and secondary prevention. Designed to be used both on the ward and in the outpatient room, it provides a practical approach to managing the stroke patient, and is an invaluable source of information for stroke physicians, neurologists, geriatricians and other specialists involved in the care of stroke patients. It will also prove to be a useful handbook for consultants and doctors in training. Designed to cover the curriculum of the UK Specialist Stroke training programme for clinicians in training, it is likely to provide similar levels of coverage for emerging stroke training programmes in other parts of the world.


Readership: Trainees specialising in neurology and geriatrics, consultants, stroke physicians, and other stroke clinicians


1: Epidemiology
2: Neuroanatomy
3: Vascular anatomy and stroke syndromes
4: History taking in the stroke patient
5: Examination
6: Investigation of the stroke patient
7: Imaging in stroke
8: Common causes of ischemic stroke
9: Acute stoke treatment
10: Secondary prevention of stroke
11: Unusual causes of stroke and their treatment
12: Cerebral venous thrombosis
13: Cerebral haemorrhage
14: Recovery and rehabilitation
15: Vascular dementia
16: Organisation of stroke services
17: Ethical issues in stroke care
Useful stroke scales
Useful websites
Glossary
Index



Hugh Markus, Professor of Neurology, St George's University of London and Consultant Neurologist, Atkinson Morley Neuroscience Centre, St George's NHS Healthcare Trust, UK, Anthony Pereira, Consultant Neurologist, Department of Neurology, St George's Hospital, London, UK, and Geoffrey Cloud, Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine and Stroke Medicine, St George's Hospital, London, UK.