Title The Code Stroke Handbook Approach to the Acute Stroke Patient / Andrew Micieli, Raed Joundi, Houman Khosravani, Julia Hopyan, David J. Gladstone

Published Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource Contents Intro -- The Code Stroke Handbook: Approach to the Acute Stroke Patient -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 History taking -- Important initial questions to ask -- A word about.... Time is brain -- Further reading -- Chapter 2 Stroke mimics -- 1 What are clinical clues to differentiate seizure or migraine aura from stroke/TIA? -- 2 Limb shaking TIA -- 3 Migraine -- 4 Clinical cues to help differentiate a peripheral from a central cause of vertigo -- 5 Stroke and decreased level of consciousness -- 6 Stroke and visual symptoms 6.1 Are the visual symptoms monocular or binocular? -- 6.2 Diplopia -- 7 What clues on history suggest a psychogenic disorder? -- Further reading -- Chapter 3 NIH stroke scale and neurological examination -- 1 National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale -- 1.1 How to score dysarthria in a patient that is aphasic? -- 1.2 How do I assess visual fields if the patient is not able to reliably communicate? -- 1.3 How do I score ataxia if the patient is weak? -- 1.4 How do I assess the sensory examination if the patient cannot communicate? -- 1.5 How do I assess for neglect? 1.6 How do I distinguish visual extinction from a visual field deficit? -- What clues on physical examination suggest a functional (psychogenic) disorder? -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4 Stroke syndromes -- 1 Anterior circulation -- 1.1 Middle cerebral artery -- 1.1.1 Occlusion of the upper trunk of the MCA -- 1.1.2 Occlusion of the inferior trunk of the MCA -- 1.1.3 Infarct of the deep basal ganglia (junctional plaque) -- 1.1.4 Occlusion of distal MCA branch -- 1.1.5 Occlusion of the proximal MCA segment (M1 segment) -- 1.1.6 Other MCA syndromes -- 1.2 Anterior cerebral artery 1.2.1 Occlusion of the recurrent artery of Heubner -- 1.3 Anterior choroidal artery -- 2 Posterior circulation -- 2.1 Occlusion of the basilar artery -- 2.1.1 Proximal basilar artery occlusion -- 2.1.2 Top of the basilar syndrome -- 2.2 Posterior cerebral artery -- 3 Lacunar syndromes -- 4 Brainstem syndromes -- 4.1 Medial medullary syndrome -- 4.2 Inferior medial pontine syndrome (Foville syndrome) -- 4.3 Inferior lateral pontine syndrome (Marie-Foix syndrome) -- 4.4 Medial mid-pontine syndrome -- 4.5 Lateral mid-pontine syndrome -- 4.6 Midbrain peduncle (Weber syndrome) 4.7 Dorsomedial midbrain (Claude syndrome) -- 4.8 Paramedian midbrain (Benedikt syndrome) -- 5 Spinal cord syndromes -- 5.1 Anterior spinal artery syndrome -- 5.2 Posterior spinal artery syndrome -- 6 Thalamic syndromes -- Further reading -- Chapter 5 Stroke imaging: Noncontrast head CT -- 1 Approach to interpreting the acute noncontrast head CT -- 2 Hyperdense vessel signs -- 3 Acute ischemic changes on CT head (ASPECTS score) -- 4 Identifying other structural lesions -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 6 Stroke imaging: CT angiography Subject Cerebrovascular disease -- Diagnosis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Cerebrovascular disease -- Treatment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Cerebrovascular disease -- Diagnosis Cerebrovascular disease -- Treatment Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals Form Electronic book Author Joundi, Raed, author Khosravani, Houman, author Hopyan, Julia, author Gladstone, David J., author ISBN 9780128205235 0128205237

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