Stroke : selected topics /

Table of Contents: “…The epidemiology of stroke / Geoffrey A. Donnan [and others] -- Stroke subtypes and rationale for their separation / Louis R. …”
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Stroke / by Caplan, Louis R.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Why is stroke so important? -- What is a stroke? What are the causes? …”
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Stroke /

Table of Contents: “…1 Transient Monocular Vision Loss (TMVL); 2 Cerebellar Infarct and Vertebral Artery Neck Occlusion; 3 Lateral Medullary Infarction; 4 Intracranial Arterial Stenosis; 5 Dissection of the Internal Carotid Artery in the Neck; 6 Intracranial Carotid Artery Dissection; 7 Posterior Cerebral Artery Territory Infarction Caused by Dissection of the Vertebral Artery in the Neck; 8 Pure Motor Lacunar Stroke; 9 Polar Artery Territory Thalamic Infarct; 10 Basilar Artery Occlusive Disease; 11 Embolism to the Top-of-the-Basilar Artery; 12 Binswanger Disease; 13 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH).…”
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Stroke /

Table of Contents: “…Bedside evaluation of the acute stroke patient / Bryan J. Eckerle and Andrew M. Southerland -- Neurovascular imaging of the acute stroke patient / Karthik Arcot, Jason M. …”
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Stroke / by Lindley, Richard Iain

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Stroke /

Table of Contents: “…Clinical diagnosis -- 8. Imaging in acute stroke -- 9. Stroke subtype classification -- Section C Acute stroke management and treatment -- 10. …”
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Stroke. by Fink, MD, Matthew

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Stroke risks, causes, and types.

“…Stroke: risks, causes, & types…”

Stroke

Table of Contents: “…Stroke (in English) (1:00)…”
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Stroke understanding the disease /

Table of Contents: “…Stroke: Understanding the Disease…”
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Stroke : Common Effects of Right Brain Injury /

Table of Contents: “…Stroke: Common Effects of Right Brain Injury (3:41);…”
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Stroke : The Importance of Taking Your Medications /

Table of Contents: “…Stroke: The Importance of Taking Your Medications (3:27);…”
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Stroke : Common Effects of Left Brain Injury /

Table of Contents: “…Stroke: Common Effects of Left Brain Injury (3:16);…”
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Stroke : Getting Help /

Table of Contents: “…Stroke: Getting Help (4:10);…”
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Stroke : Financial Concerns /

Table of Contents: “…Stroke: Financial Concerns (3:50);…”
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Stroke : Emotions and Support /

Table of Contents: “…Stroke: Emotions and Support (5:13);…”
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Stroke : Hospital Discharge /

Table of Contents: “…Stroke: Hospital Discharge (4:52);…”
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Stroke recovery and rehabilitation /

Table of Contents: “…Historical origins of stroke rehabilitation /…”
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Ischemic stroke therapeutics : a comprehensive guide /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 General Concepts: Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke -- Chapter 2 Pre-hospital Stroke Treatment (EMS stabilization protocols) -- Chapter 3 Intravenous Thrombolysis and Anti-thrombotics -- Chapter 4 Intra-Arterial Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke -- Chapter 5 Hemicraniectomy -- Chapter 6 Supportive Care and Management of In-hospital Complications -- Chapter 7 Post-Discharge Complications of Stroke -- Chapter 8 General Concepts: Stroke Mechanisms, Subtyping, and Work Up -- Chapter 9 Traditional Stroke Risk Factor Treatment -- Chapter 10 Heterogeneous causes of stroke -- Antithrombotics -- Chapter 11 Heterogeneous Causes of Stroke -- Select Emerging Risk Factors -- Chapter 12 Secondary Prevention After Cardioembolic Stroke -- Chapter 13 Secondary Prevention after Ischemic Lacunar Stroke -- Chapter 14 Secondary Prevention after Symptomatic Large Artery Extracranial Disease -- Chapter15 Secondary Prevention after Symptomatic Large Artery Intracranial Disease -- Chapter 16 Secondary Prevention after Non-atherosclerotic Cerebral Vasculopathies -- Chapter 17 Secondary Prevention after Ischemic Strokes due to Hypercoagulable States -- Chapter 18 General Concepts: Therapies for Rehabilitation and Recovery -- Chapter 19 Botulinum Toxin for Post-Stroke Limb Spasticity -- Chapter 20 Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors -- Chapter 21 Constraint Induced Therapies -- Chapter 22 Virtual Reality in Stroke Rehabilitation -- Chapter 23 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation -- Chapter 24 General Concepts: Management of Asymptomatic Cerebrovascular Disease -- Chapter 25 Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis -- Chapter 26 Subclinical Vascular Brain Injury -- Chapter 27 General Concepts: Stroke Systems of Care -- Chapter 28 Stroke Centers and Related Aspects of Stroke Systems -- Chapter 29 Role of Registries and Community Models in Developed Countries -- Chapter 30 Telemedicine in Stroke Systems of Care.…”
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Stroke recovery and rehabilitation /

Table of Contents: “…The historical origins of stroke rehabilitation -- Stroke epidemiology: global burden of first-ever strokes -- Pathophysiology and management of acute stroke -- Neuroimaging of acute stroke -- Cerebral stroke syndromes -- Stroke syndromes: infratentorial -- Part II: Neurophysiology of stroke recovery. …”
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Strokes of genius : a history of swimming / by Chaline, Eric

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The stroke book /

Table of Contents: “…Section I. Assessment of Stroke Patients -- Section II. The Hunt for a Stroke Etiology -- Section III. …”
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Stroke syndromes /

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Warlow's Stroke : Practical Management /

Table of Contents: “…: Identifying and interpreting the symptoms and signs of cerebrovascular disease3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Definitions of transient ischemic attack, stroke, and acute stroke syndrome ("brain attack" or "unstable brain ischemia"); 3.2.1 The definition of transient ischemic attack; 3.2.2 The definition of stroke; 3.2.3 The overlap between transient ischemic attack and stroke, and the concept of an acute stroke syndrome ("brain attack" or "unstable brain ischemia"); 3.3 The diagnosis of a cerebrovascular event…”
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Ischemic stroke : diagnosis and treatment /

Table of Contents: “…Emergent Evaluation Of The Suspected Stroke Patient /…”
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TPA for stroke : the story of a controversial drug / by Zivin, Justin A.

Table of Contents: “…Code stroke on Market street -- Clot-buster : the natural history -- Dead or alive -- Brain-O -- The brain doctors cometh : slowly -- What emergency? …”
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Stroke sourcebook : basic consumer health information about ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, transient ischemic attack, and other forms of brain attack, with information about stroke risk factors and prevention, diagnostic tests, post-stroke complications, and acute and rehabilitative treatments, such as stroke medications, surgeries, and therapies ; along with tips on regaining independence, restoring cognitive function, and dealing with depression after stroke, a glossary of related medical terms, and a directory of resources for further help and information /

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Introduction to stroke -- pt. 2. Types of stroke -- pt. 3. Stroke risk factors and prevention -- pt. 4. …”
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Stroke Units : an evidence based approach. by Langhorne, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Stroke Units: An evidence based approach; Contents; Authorship; Contributors; Foreword by Iain Chalmers; Preface; 1 The stroke unit story; 2 How should we evaluate our interventions?…”
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Stroke and the family : a new guide / by Stein, Joel, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…What is a stroke? -- Finding the cause of a stroke -- Stroke prevention -- How the brain works -- Medical complications after a stroke -- Recovery and rehabilitation -- Stroke in the young and the old -- Impact on marriage and relationships -- Impact on children and family -- Reutrn to work and leisure activities -- Weakness after stroke -- Loss of sensation or vision -- Problems with memory and thinking -- Emotional and personality changes -- Communication difficulties -- Swallowing difficulties -- Pain and muscle spasms -- Equipment and home environment -- Nontraditional treatments -- Understanding clinical research.…”
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Stroke medicine : case studies from Queen Square /

Table of Contents: “…- An Unusual TIA -- Hemianopic Alexia -- Recurrent Miscarriages and Neurological Symptoms -- A Pain in the Neck -- A Painless Loss of Vision -- Sickle Cell Disease and Stroke -- A New Mother with Rapidly Developing Blindness -- A Potentially Fatal Complication -- A Funny Turn in the Toilet -- A Strategic Infarct Leading to Mild Cognitive Impairment -- A Misbehaving Limb -- More than Just A Sore Throat -- An MRI Saves a Patient from Unnecessary Surgery -- Confusion after the 'Flu -- One Night with Venus, a Lifetime with Mars -- A Hypertensive Spike -- Lying in Wait: Stroke and a Blistering Rash -- An Unusual Case of Paradoxical Embolus -- Reaching a Crescendo -- Bihemispheric Infarcts -- Sleep Disordered Breathing and Stroke -- A Possible Remedy for Post Stroke Confusion -- A Headache with a Difference -- An Alternative Solution to a Difficult Problem -- Botox Saves the Day -- A Diagnosis not to Forget -- A Migraine with Persistent Focal Symptoms -- Stroke and Systemic Disease -- An Unusual Hypertensive Headache -- Recurrent Thunderclap Headaches -- Stroke in Pregnancy -- Cortical Blindness -- Cerebrovascular Disease in Childhood -- Recurrent Neurological Symptoms Mistaken as Multiple Sclerosis -- Intracerebral Haemorrhage and Oral Anticoagulants -- Choked in the Night.…”
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Ischemic Stroke. by Barnett, H. J. M.

Table of Contents: “…Advances in Neurology -- Contents -- Contributing Authors -- Foreword -- Preface -- The Epidemiology of Ischemic Stroke -- 1 Advances in Ischemic Stroke Epidemiology -- 2 Genetic and Molecular Epidemiologic Methods for Stroke -- 3 Genetic Epidemiology of Ischemic Stroke -- The Arterial Lesions of Stroke -- 4 The Role of Inflammation in Atherosclerosis -- 5 Magnetic Resonance Angiography -- 6 Invasive Angiography for Arterial Lesions of Stroke -- 7 Intracranial Atherosclerosis -- 8 Collateral Circulation Imaging for Arterial Lesions of Stroke…”
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Stroke 2019 Excellence in Diagnosis and Care. by Coplin, Leslie

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Stroke 2021 Emerging Advances. by Schneider, Jason

“…Stroke Alert Ser.…”
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Stroke Diaries : a Guide for Survivors and their Families. by Williams, Olajide

Table of Contents: “…CONTENTS; PART ONE: Causes, Prevention, and Emergency Treatment of Stroke; EPISODE ONE: The Stroke that Came between Them; EPISODE TWO: The Man Who Did Not Take His Medicine; EPISODE THREE: A Wise Man Fails to Recognize the Signs; EPISODE FOUR: A Stroke Saved His Life; EPISODE FIVE: A Stroke that Occurred during Sex; EPISODE SIX: The Aftermath of Her Life-Threatening Stroke; PART TWO: Unusual and Underrecognized Stroke Syndromes: Clinical Manifestations, Causes, and Treatment; EPISODE SEVEN: Ondine's Curse; EPISODE EIGHT: A Stroke that Exiled Her Left Side of Space.…”
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Stroke Rehabilitation : Insights from Neuroscience and Imaging. by Carey, Leeanne M.

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Stroke genetics

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Candidate Gene Association Studies in Stroke -- Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) -- The Genetics of Cerebral Aneurysms and Other Vascular Malformations -- Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy -- Clinicogenetic and Pathologic Characteristics of CADASIL -- Monogenic Disorder: Fabry Disease -- Stroke-Like Episodes in Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS) -- Genetics of Sickle Cell Disease and Stroke -- Other Monogenetic Stroke Disorders -- White Matter Disease -- Genetics of Carotid Disease -- Genetics of Cervical Artery Dissection -- Stroke Pharmacogenetics -- Ethical Issues in the Genetics of Complex Disorders.…”
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Stroke Patient A Comprehensive Guide /

Table of Contents: “…Working With Stroke Clients (1:04) -- What Is a Stroke? (1:52) -- Stroke Rehabilitation (1:48) -- Communicating With Stroke Victims (3:49) -- Stroke Patient: Perceptual and Sensory Disorders (3:50) -- How to Overcome Perceptual Problems (2:50) -- Emotional Health of Stroke Patients (3:32) -- Emotional Health of Caregiver (3:26) -- How to Prevent a Future Stoke (5:37) -- Stoke Victims: Activities of Daily Living (3:41) -- How to Transfer Stroke Patients (0:48) -- Stroke Victims and Bower Retraining (3:00) -- Oral Hygiene Care (1:58) -- Prevention of Pressure Sores (2:05) -- Skin Care for Stroke Patients (3:47) -- Stroke Victims and Ambulation (1:50) -- Review of Key Issues of Strokes (0:53)…”
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Ischemic Stroke Emergent Treatment /

Table of Contents: “…Ischemic Brain Attack Facts (3:43) -- Ischemic Brain Attack Causes (1:32) -- Ischemic Brain Attack Risk Factors (0:51) -- Ischemic Brain Attack Warning Signals (0:38) -- Ischemic Brain Attack Diagnosis (0:33) -- Basic Cerebral Anatomy and Stroke (1:58) -- Neurological Damage from Ischemic Stroke (3:26) -- Brain Ischemia Pathophysiology (1:36) -- Treating Brain Ischemia (1:08) -- Thrombolytic Therapy Treatment (3:55) -- Brain Ischemia tPA Nursing Care (3:22) -- Ischemic Stroke Treatment Conclusions (0:33) -- Credits: Ischemic Stroke: Emergent Treatment - Advances in Stroke Treatment (1:08)…”
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Ischemic Stroke Acute Care and Rehabilitation /

Table of Contents: “…Ischemic Brain Attack Case Study (1:28) -- Ischemic Stroke Acute Care and Rehabilitation (2:10) -- Ischemic Stroke Nursing Assessment (1:19) -- Altered Tissue Perfusion Risk: Nursing Intervention (1:51) -- Joint Injury Risk: Nursing Intervention (3:22) -- Aspiration Risk: Nursing Intervention (2:21) -- Aspiration Risk: Nursing Assessment (1:03) -- Aspiration Risk: Care during Meals (2:51) -- Impaired Verbal Communication: Nursing Rehabilitation (1:50) -- Self-Care Deficits: Nursing Rehabilitation (1:02) -- Impaired Mobility: Nursing Rehabilitation (1:18) -- Urinary Incontinence: Nursing Rehabilitation (3:22) -- Ischemic Stroke: Ongoing Rehabilitation (1:51) -- Credits: Ischemic Stroke: Acute Care and Rehabilitation - Advances in Stroke Treatment (1:21)…”
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Hemorrhagic Stroke Treatment Approaches /

Table of Contents: “…Intracerebral Hemorrhage Treatment (0:33) -- Credits: Hemorrhagic Stroke: Treatment Approaches - Advances in Stroke Treatment (1:05)…”
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