Stroke (What Do I Do Now)

✍ Scribed by Louis R. Caplan, Vasileios-Arsenios Lioutas

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 201
• Series: What Do I Do Now?
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Provides specific insight on stroke interventions
Part of the "What Do I Do Now?" series which utilizes a case-based approach and a conversational tone
Both an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases and a self-assessment tool

Part of the "What Do I Do Now?" series, Stroke uses a case-based approach to cover common and important topics in the diagnosis and treatment of stroke. Each chapter provides an overview of the approach to the problem in question followed by a discussion of the diagnosis, key points to remember, and selected references for further reading. For this edition, all cases have been carefully revised, and new information and references have been added. Stroke is an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases which clinicians can utilize when they encounter difficult patients on the ward or in the clinic. The volume is also a self-assessment tool that tests the reader's ability to answer the question, "What do I do now?"

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Series......Page 3
Stroke......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
1 Confused after a Nap......Page 12
2 Headache after a Beach Trip......Page 18
3 Why Are You Staring over There?......Page 24
4 Dizziness and Ataxia after Lifting a Vacuum......Page 30
5 Two Generations with Stroke and Cognitive Decline......Page 38
6 Ms. H Heads to the Hospital......Page 44
7 The Weak Construction Worker......Page 50
8 Twisted Tongue and Dizzy Head......Page 56
9 Right Hemibody Weakness in a Man with
Lightning-​like Transient Facial Pain......Page 62
10 Blurry Vision......Page 68
11 Gastroenteritis with Dizziness and Ataxia......Page 74
12 Neck Pain Soon Followed by Right Hemiparesis......Page 80
13 Sudden Onset of Double Vision and Left Ataxic Hemiparesis......Page 86
14 Arm Pain and Swelling Followed by Headache,
Right Weakness, and Aphasia......Page 92
15 More Than Meets the Eye......Page 98
16 A Rusty Pipe......Page 104
17 Eyelid Droopiness and Body Weakness......Page 110
18 A Pain in the Hand......Page 116
19 A Ticking Time Bomb......Page 122
20 “Dancing” Hand......Page 128
21 Double Vision and Jumpy Eyes......Page 132
22 Between a Rock and a Hard Place......Page 138
23 Follow Your Heart or Your Brain?......Page 144
24 A Bloody Mesh......Page 150
25 A Lernaean Hydra......Page 156
26 It Looks Like a Stroke, Walks Like a Stroke, and Behaves
Like a Stroke. But Is It a Stroke?......Page 162
27 A Relentless Headache......Page 170
Index......Page 178

✦ Subjects

Stroke; Neurology; Cerebrovascular disease