Sinopsis
"""There are an estimated 4,800,000 stroke survivors living today and about 700,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year. Stroke is one of the most common disabling medical conditions, and has wide-ranging economic, social, and psychological effects. Stroke, the fourth volume in a series sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology, was written for both stroke survivors and individuals wishing to learn more about the condition and how to prevent it. Friends and families of stroke patients will find it a valuable resource packed with important coping tips and management techniques. Nurses, social workers, public health officials, and other caregivers will also benefit from this informative text, which covers: The nature of stroke and its causes Risk factors and how strokes may be prevented Symptoms and how they can be treated How stroke survivors are evaluated and diagnosed Improving function among stroke survivors through rehabilitation. How friends and families of stroke survivors can cope and manage. The future of stroke and the progress already being made Written by one of the most respected doctors in the field, Stroke is easily accessible, avoids medical jargon, and focuses not just on the patient but on the community and those close to the survivor. This essential guide will help to ensure that patients are provided with both the medical and personal care they need and will make this most difficult of circumstances a bit easier for all involved. """
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Stroke is common. Stroke can be tragic. The tragedy of major stroke can in some instances be prevented. In any case, it must be understood, and at least made manageable if not overcome. As a health problem, the conditions that affect the blood supply to the brain place a huge burden on the affected individual, the family, and society. In its extreme, stroke is the condition that in a split second can change the very essence of who a person is by drastically altering brain function. In its less destructive manifestation, it affects brain function to produce the most curious behaviors. In this book, Dr. Louis Caplan lays open the mysteries and deals with the realities of stroke in terms that resonate with a reader who has suffered a stroke or known a friend or family member affected by stroke. Taken in its entirety, stroke seems complicated. However, the complexity relates to the wide variety of stroke types and the parts of brain affected. In fact, an individual stroke and its effect on an individual can be readily understood. Dr. Caplan masterfully conveys the key features that underlie the common stroke types using individual examples. Many of the messages in these case studies are generalizable but he also goes to considerable length to explain the panoply of stroke as well. Since stroke affects particular brain regions, the description of brain dysfunction that follows stroke offers a way to understand the compartmentalization of brain function. In this book, the relationship between what the patient experiences and what brain area is affected is carefully laid out. The figures are especially useful in projecting the take-home point. This is often what is most difficult for the lay person to understand but is the very foundation of stroke neurology, of which Dr. Caplan is the leading figure. To the patient and family, the testing and treatment decisions that come so quickly can seem very confusing. For the stroke physician, they are like second nature. Often the physician assumes incorrectly that his logic is obvious to the patient. In these pages, Dr. Caplan thinks through the patient's admission to the hospital, to discharge and rehabilitation, and then home with a prevention plan. He explains each step along the way, and this makes the book a very useful guide. Which medications are prescribed for what reason? Why the many different brain imaging studies? What life style changes can decrease stroke risk? These are the key practical questions that are addressed in this jewel written by a master of the craft of stroke neurology. Dr. Caplan's clinical insights and closeness to the human condition make the book useful and interesting. His direct writing style makes it easy to read and the reader can easily comprehend what otherwise seems so mysterious. Walter J. Koroshetz, MD Department of Neurology Harvard Medical School Cambridge, MA
Biografía del autor
Louis Caplan is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Senior Neurologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. He is the editor, with Julien Bogousslavsky, of Stroke Syndromes and Uncommon Causes of Stroke, both published by Cambridge University Press.
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