Thoroughly updated to reflect the best current practices in stroke medicine, Handbook of Stroke, Second Edition is a user-friendly one-stop guide to the clinical management of patients with cerebrovascular disorders—from clinical and laboratory assessment, differential diagnosis, and initial management, to medical and surgical treatment, prognosis, rehabilitation, and stroke prevention. The book is written by leaders in stroke medicine and delivers concise, practice-oriented overviews and practical recommendations to guide decision-making. This edition includes cutting-edge information on acute stroke treatment, cerebrovascular disease genetics, primary stroke prevention, management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms, and the newest therapies for various stroke-related symptoms and disorders.

CLINICAL AND LABORATORY ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE

Systematic Clinical Assessment

Historical Evaluation of Key Signs and Symptoms

General Medical Review

General Examination

Neurologic Examination

Approach to the Comatose Patient

Laboratory Evaluation

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND CLINICAL FEATURES OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE

Differential Diagnosis Made Easy: General Approach

Temporal Profile of Ischemic Cerebrovascular Diseases

MANAGEMENT BEFORE DETERMINATION OF THE MECHANISM OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE

Telephone Interview and Triage

Management of Acute Stroke in Critically Ill Patients

Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Cerebral Infarction: General Evaluation and Treatment

Major Cerebral Infarction: General Evaluation and Treatment

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: General Evaluation and Treatment

Intracerebral Hemorrhage: General Evaluation and Treatment

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT BASED ON SPECIFIC MECHANISMS OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE

Four Major Categories of Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease: Identification and Treatment

Five Major Categories of Hemorrhagic Disease: Treatment of Specific Underlying Mechanisms

Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

Other Cerebrovascular Syndromes

Vascular Disease of the Spinal Cord

Cerebrovascular Disease in Children and Young Adults

Cerebrovascular Disease in Pregnant Patients

Cerebrovascular Disease Genetics

PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS

Modifiable Lifestyle and Environmental Factors

Asymptomatic Carotid and Vertebral Stenosis

Hypertension

Dyslipidemia

Other Host Factors

Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms

Unruptured Intracranial Vascular Malformations

Hematologic Disease

ASSESSING AND DISCUSSING PROGNOSIS AND NATURAL HISTORY OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS

Carotid or Vertebral Artery Occlusive Disease

Transient Ischemic Attack

Cerebral Infarction

Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

MANAGEMENT AND REHABILITATION AFTER STROKE

Physical Therapy

Speech Therapy

Other Chronic Complications of Stroke

Family and Patient Education

APPENDIXES

Clinical Anatomy of the Brain and Spinal Cord Vascular System

Glasgow Coma Scale

Functional Status Scales (Stroke Severity Scales)

A Stroke Risk Profile

Practice Guidelines for Management of Cerebrovascular Disease

Outline of Diets Low in Fat and Cholesterol and Table of Ideal Body Weight