Chapter 21 – Intensive Care of Stroke
Chapter 21 Intensive Care of Stroke Julian Bösel Introduction Severe acute stroke, i.e. acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), has been recognized to deserve management in an intensive…
Chapter 25 – Neurorehabilitation Practice for Stroke Patients
Chapter 25 Neurorehabilitation Practice for Stroke Patients Jan Mehrholz Introduction It is well known that stroke is a global healthcare problem that is very common and very disabling [1]. According…
Chapter 23 – Infections in Stroke
Chapter 23 Infections in Stroke Achim J. Kaasch and Harald Seifert Introduction Bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections are associated with stroke in several ways. First, at least 20% of strokes…
Chapter 24 – Secondary Prevention
Chapter 24 Secondary Prevention Hans-Christoph Diener and Gregory W. Albers Introduction Secondary prevention aims at preventing a stroke after a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or a recurrent stroke after a…
Chapter 20 – Image-Guided, Interventional Therapy of Acute Stroke
Chapter 20 Image-Guided, Interventional Therapy of Acute Stroke Pasquale Mordasini , Jan Gralla , and Gerhard Schroth Introduction Successful recanalization increases the chance of favorable outcome 4-fold compared to patients…
Chapter 22 – Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke and its Late Complications
Chapter 22 Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke and its Late Complications Natan M. Bornstein , Vuk Aleksic , and Milija Mijajlovic General Management of Elevated Blood Pressure, Blood Glucose, and…
Chapter 19 – Acute Therapies for Stroke
Chapter 19 Acute Therapies for Stroke Peter A. Ringleb and Markus Möhlenbruch Introduction Acute stroke has been recognized as a medical emergency like myocardial infarction for almost two decades. The…
Chapter 17 – Ischemic Stroke in the Young and in Children
Chapter 17 Ischemic Stroke in the Young and in Children Valeria Caso and Didier Leys The proportion of first-ever stroke in young adults and children differs from country to country,…
Chapter 18 – Stroke Units and Clinical Assessment
Chapter 18 Stroke Units and Clinical Assessment Danilo Toni and Ángel Chamorro Introduction There is convincing evidence from a large number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that the outcomes of…
Chapter 14 – Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
Chapter 14 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Jobst Rudolf Introduction Acute thrombosis of the cerebral sinuses and veins (cerebral venous thrombosis, CVT) is considered to be the cause of an acute stroke…
