| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 247 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
TIA AND ACUTE STROKE; Diagnostic Tests SJ Agustin and RN Gan; POST-ACUTE CARE AND PREVENTION; Preface; Contributing Authors; List of Abbreviations; Prehospital Stroke Evaluation and Triage HC Chua; Stroke/TIA versus Mimics RN Gan; Admit to Hospital versus Clinic NC Suwanwela; Anterior versus Posterior Circulation Syndrome MP Yumul and J Navarro; Brain Imaging CCT Lim; Admit to Stroke Unit or Ward NV Ramani; Stroke Scales and Classifications RN Gan; Basic Admitting Orders and Stroke Clinical Pathway N Asiah AA and W Soo; TIA and Acute Ischemic Stroke; Basic Investigations JL Padilla |
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Thrombolysis (rTPA) for Acute Ischemic Stroke RN GanAntiplatelets JL Pascual and HM Chang; Blood Pressure in Acute Ischemic Stroke A Roxas; Diagnostic Tests for TOAST Classification D Ratanakorn and J Keandoungchun; Anticoagulation H Basri; Ischemic Stroke in Young Adults and Cerebral Venous Thrombosis JL Pascual and CLH Chen; Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage; Medical and BP Management RN Gan and E Wang; Surgery A Chua; Acute Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; Diagnostic Tests KJ Khu and A Chua; Medical Management KJ Khu and A Chua; Surgery and Intervention SK Dinesh and I Ng |
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Blood Sugar in Acute Stroke R SinghFluid and Nutrition in Acute Stroke C Chua and MCZ San Jose; Rehabilitation, Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy S Young; Worsening after Stroke RN Gan and KE Lee; Increased Intracranial Pressure EV Collantes and ES Bitanga; Fever and Infection MJ Mamauag; Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism RMR Divinagracia; Myocardial Infarction in Acute Stroke BPL Chan; Antithrombotics: Antiplatelets and Anticoagulant RN Gan, NV Ramani and KS Tan; Blood Pressure and Antihypertensives SH Lee; Cholesterol MP Yumul and NV Ramani; Diabetes Mellitus A Aquino |
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Lifestyle Risk Factor Control MCZ San Jose and C ChuaCarotid Endarterectomy and Angioplasty/Stenting P Rivera; Index |
| Summary |
There are numerous elaborate and comprehensive textbooks and guidelines on stroke. However, busy clinicians are constantly bombarded with new knowledge for an infinite number of medical conditions. It becomes a challenge for them to tease out the important information that will help guide them through the care of the patient they have right before them. This handbook was thus conceptualized with both the busy clinician and the stroke patient needing urgent treatment in mind. By providing only essential information in a standard and user-friendly layout, it assists clinicians in making real-tim |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cerebrovascular disease -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Care -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Stroke -- therapy
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Stroke -- diagnosis
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Stroke -- prevention & control
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Cerebrovascular disease
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Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Care
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gan, Robert N
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Ramani, N. Venketasubramanian
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| ISBN |
9812778802 |
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9789812778802 |
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9789812778796 |
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9812778799 |
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