Stroke: A Practical Guide to Management - Brossura

Warlow, Charles P.; Bamford, J.; Dennis, Martin; Hankey, Graeme; Sandercock, Peter A. G.; Gijn, J. Van; Wardlaw, J.

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ISBN 10: 0632050055 ISBN 13: 9780632050055

Casa editrice: Blackwell Science Ltd, 1997

Riassunto

Books about stroke are a new phenomenon. For decades the occurrence of an insult to the brain from ischaemia or from haemorrhage was used to localize brain function or to describe syndromes. It was an academic pursuit and of little help to the patients. Prevention and therapy remained elusive. Fortunately, revolutionary changes followed upon several sequential and contemporaneous developments: imaging of the blood vessels, the brain and the heart; explosive new knowledge about thrombosis and strategies to modify it; surgical techniques to remove the leisions of arterial degenerations and faults; and the maturation of the science of epidemiology, methodology and biostatics which lead us on a path towards the practice of evidence-based medicine. The commendable aim of this book has been to assist practitioners to make practical use of this rapidly expanding body of knowledge. Their aims are well satisfied. They have written their material in such a way as to assist those

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Recensione

"Neurologists, neurosurgeons, vascular surgeons and trainees should all have a copy of it on their shelves, be it at home or in their clinics. The authors are to be congratulated for this remarkable achievement." Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Blackwell Science Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0632050055
• ISBN 13: 9780632050055
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 672
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile