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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
About the AAN’s Neurology Now™ Book Series
Foreword
Preface
1. Introduction: Why Is Stroke So Important?
Effect of Strokes on Individuals
The Complexity of Stroke
Numbers
Strokes in History
The Plan of This Stroke Primer
2. What Does the Brain Look Like and How Does It Work?
The Appearance of the Brain
Brain Functions
3. How Does the Body Bring Blood to the Brain? The Anatomy of the Heart and Brain-Supplying Blood Vessels
The Heart
The Aorta and Its Main Brain-Supplying Branches
Arteries within the Neck
Arteries within the Skull
Veins
4. What Is a Stroke? What Are the Different Kinds of Stroke?
What Is a Stroke?
What Are the Different Types of Strokes?
5. What Are the Medical Conditions That Cause Strokes?
Blood Vessels
Blood Vessel Abnormalities That Cause Brain Ischemia and Infarction
Conditions That Cause Brain and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
6. Strokes and Cerebrovascular Conditions in the Young
Newborns and Infants
Children and Adolescents
Young Adults (20–40 Years)
7. What Are the Different Symptoms of Stroke? What Abnormalities Do Doctors Look for and Find in Stroke Patients?
Symptoms Due to Loss of Brain Function
Sleepiness, Lethargy, Stupor, and Coma
Summing up the Symptoms to Locate the Part of the Brain Involved
Symptoms That Relate to Stroke Cause
What Findings Do Doctors Look for in Patients Suspected of Having a Stroke?
8. What Are the Risk Factors for Stroke and How Can They Be Reduced?
Transient Ischemic Attacks
Early Knowledge of Risk Factors Is the Key to Prevention
Medical Risk Factors
Behavior and Lifestyle
9. How Can Doctors Tell What Caused the Stroke? What Tests Are Used to Evaluate Individuals Who May Have Had a Stroke?
History of the Events and Symptoms
The Physical Examination
Radiology and Other Laboratory Testing
Brain Imaging
Making Images of the Blood Vessels and Determining Blood Flow
Heart Tests
Studying the Electrical Activity of the Brain
Blood Tests
10. What Treatments Are Available to Treat Acute Stroke Patients?
Acute Brain Ischemia
Treating Acute Hemorrhage Within or Around the Brain
Preventing Another Stroke
11. Complications
Neurologic Complications
Medical Complications
Depression and Other Psychological Reactions
12. What Are Some of the Dysfunctions, Disabilities, and Handicaps That Remain after a Stroke?
Motor Abnormalities
Sensory Abnormalities
Cognitive and Behavioral Abnormalities
Visual Abnormalities
Urinary, Bowel, and Sexual Dysfunctions
13. How Does Recovery from Stroke Occur? How Can Recovery Be Improved? What Is Rehabilitation? Where Is It Performed and by Whom?
Recovery
Rehabilitation Hospitals and Wards
Outpatient Therapy
Rehabilitation and Exercising Can Be Overdone
14. How Does One Person’s Stroke Affect Others?
15. What Does the Future Hold?
16. Case Summaries
17. Planning for Your Future: Managing Your Personal Affairs
Your Emergency Notebook
Informal and Formal Arrangements
Durable Power of Attorney
Trusts
Health Care Directives
Guardianship and Conservatorship
Your Will
SUGGESTED READING
GLOSSARY
ABOUT THE AAN AND THE ABF
INDEX
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