Stroke: A Comprehensive Guide to Brain Attacks, Everything You Need to Know (Your Personal Health) - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

Every 45 seconds someone in the United States will experience a stroke and four million Americans are living with the effects of stroke.

This important book is a timely, authoritative and highly informative resource for those who want to understand this silent and debilitating disease, whether for themselves or for someone they love.

Respected neurologist Valdimir Hachinski presents information on the leading cause of neurological disability in North America. Using case studies, diagrams and explanatory charts, this book features:

What is a stroke and what causes it
Who is at risk of a stroke
Women and stroke
What are the symptoms
How a is diagnosis made
Drugs and surgical options
Alternative options
Rehabilitation
Living with the after-effects of stroke
Preventing first and recurrent strokes
Progress in research
Table of drug names

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