Stroke Prevention and Treatment: An Evidence-Based Approach

Description:

Stroke is the second leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability worldwide. This invaluable reference provides clinicians caring for stroke patients with ready access to the optimal evidence for best practice in stroke prevention, acute stroke treatment, and stroke recovery. Now an edited volume, the editors and authors, many of whom are members of the Cochrane Stroke Review Group, describe all available medical, endovascular, and surgical treatments; the rationale for using them; and the strength of the evidence for their safety and effectiveness. New chapters cover key, rapidly advancing therapeutic topics, including prehospital stroke care and regionalized stroke systems, endovascular reperfusion therapy, and electrical and magnetic brain stimulation to enhance recovery. This is an essential resource for clinicians translating into practice the many dramatic advances that have been made in the treatment and prevention of stroke, and suggesting the most appropriate interventions.

Table of Contents:

Part I Foundations

Chapter 1 Stroke: The Size of the Problem

Chapter 2 Understanding Evidence

Part II Systems of Care

Chapter 3 Prehospital Stroke Care and Regionalized Stroke Systems

Chapter 4 Organized Stroke Care

Part III Acute Treatment of Ischaemic Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack

Chapter 5 Supportive Care during Acute Cerebral Ischaemia

Chapter 6 Reperfusion of Ischaemic Brain by Intravenous Thrombolysis

Chapter 7 Reperfusion of the Ischaemic Brain by Endovascular Thrombectomy and Thrombolysis

Chapter 8 Collateral Flow Enhancement: Blood Pressure Lowering and Alteration of Blood Viscosity

Chapter 9 Acute Antiplatelet Therapy for the Treatment of Ischaemic Stroke and Transient Ischaemic A

Chapter 10 Acute Anticoagulant Therapy for the Treatment of Acute Ischaemic Stroke and Transient Isc

Chapter 11 Treatment of Brain Oedema

Chapter 12 Neuroprotection for Acute Brain Ischaemia

Part IV Acute Treatment of Haemorrhagic Stroke

Chapter 13 Acute Treatment of Intracerebral Haemorrhage

Chapter 14 Acute Treatment of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

Part V Prevention

Chapter 15 Prevention of Stroke by Lowering Blood Pressure

Chapter 16 Prevention of Stroke by Lowering Blood Cholesterol Concentrations

Chapter 17 Prevention of Stroke by Modification of Additional Vascular and Lifestyle Risk Factors

Chapter 18 Drugs, Devices, and Procedural Therapies to Prevent Recurrent Cardiogenic Embolic Stroke

Chapter 19 Long-term Antithrombotic Therapy for Large and Small Artery Occlusive Disease

Chapter 20 Carotid and Vertebral Artery Revascularization

Chapter 21 Cervical Artery Dissection and Cerebral Vasculitis

Chapter 22 Prevention of Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

Part VI Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

Chapter 23 Evidence-based Motor Rehabilitation after Stroke

Chapter 24 Language and Cognitive Rehabilitation after Stroke

Chapter 25 Using Pharmacotherapy to Enhance Stroke Recovery

Chapter 26 Electrical and Magnetic Brain Stimulation to Enhance Post-stroke Recovery

Index