Practical Guide To Comprehensive Stroke Care, A: Meeting Population Needs
Written for health professionals and managers involved in the planning or provision of stroke care, this book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the evidence and practices that underpin high quality stroke care. It sets the scene by describing the epidemiology, trends and needs of stroke patients, followed by chapters on the prevention of stroke, investigation and management of TIAs (transient ischaemic attack), early management and thrombolysis, clinical management of acute stroke patients and rehabilitation. Each chapter is thematically-linked and provides a complete, up-to-date review of evidence, its implications for clinical practice, proven multidisciplinary models of delivering high quality care, organisation of services for greatest impact within cost constraints and emerging areas for future management of stroke patients.This book is unique as it covers areas such as palliative and end-of-life care for stroke patients, planning and provision of stroke services, benchmarking for quality of services and management of stroke patients in community settings. It will be a unique resource for anyone caring for stroke patients, regardless of discipline or level of expertise, and provides a quick and friendly compendium of evidence, good practice and practical hints on organising care.
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Practical Guide To Comprehensive Stroke Care, A: Meeting Population Needs
Written for health professionals and managers involved in the planning or provision of stroke care, this book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the evidence and practices that underpin high quality stroke care. It sets the scene by describing the epidemiology, trends and needs of stroke patients, followed by chapters on the prevention of stroke, investigation and management of TIAs (transient ischaemic attack), early management and thrombolysis, clinical management of acute stroke patients and rehabilitation. Each chapter is thematically-linked and provides a complete, up-to-date review of evidence, its implications for clinical practice, proven multidisciplinary models of delivering high quality care, organisation of services for greatest impact within cost constraints and emerging areas for future management of stroke patients.This book is unique as it covers areas such as palliative and end-of-life care for stroke patients, planning and provision of stroke services, benchmarking for quality of services and management of stroke patients in community settings. It will be a unique resource for anyone caring for stroke patients, regardless of discipline or level of expertise, and provides a quick and friendly compendium of evidence, good practice and practical hints on organising care.
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Practical Guide To Comprehensive Stroke Care, A: Meeting Population Needs

Practical Guide To Comprehensive Stroke Care, A: Meeting Population Needs

Practical Guide To Comprehensive Stroke Care, A: Meeting Population Needs

Practical Guide To Comprehensive Stroke Care, A: Meeting Population Needs

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Written for health professionals and managers involved in the planning or provision of stroke care, this book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the evidence and practices that underpin high quality stroke care. It sets the scene by describing the epidemiology, trends and needs of stroke patients, followed by chapters on the prevention of stroke, investigation and management of TIAs (transient ischaemic attack), early management and thrombolysis, clinical management of acute stroke patients and rehabilitation. Each chapter is thematically-linked and provides a complete, up-to-date review of evidence, its implications for clinical practice, proven multidisciplinary models of delivering high quality care, organisation of services for greatest impact within cost constraints and emerging areas for future management of stroke patients.This book is unique as it covers areas such as palliative and end-of-life care for stroke patients, planning and provision of stroke services, benchmarking for quality of services and management of stroke patients in community settings. It will be a unique resource for anyone caring for stroke patients, regardless of discipline or level of expertise, and provides a quick and friendly compendium of evidence, good practice and practical hints on organising care.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789814299510
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/28/2010
Pages: 420
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword v

List of Contributors ix

1 The Size of the Problem Keerthi Mohan Siobhan Crichton Kethakie Sumathipala Christopher McKevitt Charles Wolfe 1

2 Strategies for Stroke Prevention Juliet Addo Charles Wolfe 23

3 Transient Ischaemic Attacks Matthew F. Giles Peter M. Rothwell 69

4 Early Identification and Presentation to Hospital Helen Rodgers Chris Price 99

5 Hyperacute Management of Stroke Jonathan Birns Ajay Bhalla 131

6 Malignant Stroke Syndrome Dulka Manawadu 185

7 Stroke Unit Care Ian Wellwood Peter Langhorne 225

8 Stroke Rehabilitation Lalit Kalra Ruth Harris 253

9 Long-Term Management of Stroke Kethakie Sumathipala Siobhan Crichton Keerthi Mohan Charles Wolfe Christopher McKevitt 283

10 Caregiver Needs and Their Management in Stroke Anne Forster 315

11 Meeting the Palliative Care Needs of Stroke Patients Irene J. Higginson 331

12 Benchmarking and Improving Stroke Services Anthony G. Rudd Alex Hoffman 357

13 New Horizons in Stroke Lalit Kalra 385

Index 407

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