Vascular neurology board review : an essential study guide /: an essential study guide. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hardik P. Amin, Joseph L. Schindler, editors.
• Editors: Amin, Hardik P; Schindler, Joseph L
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: How to€Prepare for€the€Exam; Introduction; Registering for€the€Exam; Day of€Exam; Exam Format; Preparing for€the€Test; MOC Fellowship Waiver; Chapter 2: Initial Stroke Evaluation; Introduction; Expedited History and€Physical (in the€ Emergency Department); Chief Complaint (Obtained from€Either the€Patient, Family, or EMS); History of€Presenting Illness; Past Medical History; Medications; Family History; Social History; Allergies; Review of€Systems; Physical Examination; Laboratory Studies; Imaging; Management Atrial Fibrillation Sick Sinus Syndrome; Treatment of€Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation; Patent Foramen Ovale; Other Cardiac Conditions; Transesophageal Echo Examples; Suggested Reading; Chapter 10: Genetic Stroke Syndromes; Introduction; Suggested Reading; Chapter 11: Special Populations; Introduction; Pediatric Stroke; Congenital Heart Disease; Vasculopathies of€Childhood; Intracerebral Hemorrhage in€Children; Workup for€Pediatric Acute Ischemic Stroke; Management of€Acute Pediatric Stroke; Other Conditions; Young Adults; Pregnancy; Warfarin in€Pregnancy Chapter 3: Vascular Neuroanatomy Introduction; Blood Brain Barrier; Structures; Vessel Formation and€Structure; Anterior Circulation Anatomy; Posterior Circulation Anatomy; Collateral Circulation; Cerebral Venous System; Spinal Cord Vasculature; Suggested Reading; Chapter 4: Stroke Syndromes; Introduction; Localization Tips; Anterior Circulation Syndromes; Posterior Circulation Syndromes; Thalamic Syndromes; Malignant Strokes (Fig.€4-9); Suggested Reading; Chapter 5: Epidemiology and€Risk Factors; Introduction; Epidemiology; Nonmodifiable Risk Factors Modifiable Risk FactorsSuggested Reading; Chapter 6: Stroke Pathophysiology; Introduction; Normal Hemostasis, Energy, and€Volume€Regulation; Cellular Response to€Cerebral Ischemia; Cerebral Autoregulation; Disrupted Cerebral Autoregulation; Mechanisms of€Secondary Injury; Suggested Reading; Chapter 7: Classification of€Stroke; Introduction; Classifications of€Ischemia; Plaque Formation; 5) Stroke of€Other Determined Etiology; Immune-Mediated Disease; Noninflammatory Vasculopathies; Inflammatory Vasculopathy (Vasculitis); Large Artery Vasculitis; Medium Artery Vasculitis Small to€Medium Artery Vasculitis Microcirculation; Infectious Vasculitis; Suggested Reading; Chapter 8: Stroke Treatment and€Management; Introduction; Acute Stroke Treatment; IV tPA; Blood Pressure Management in€Acute Stroke Setting; Telemedicine, "Drip and€Ship"; Endovascular Treatment; In-Hospital Stroke Management; Antiplatelet Agents for€Secondary Stroke Prevention; Carotid Endarterectomy; Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS); Carotid Dissection; Sympathetic Pathway and€Horner's Syndrome; Management of€Risk Factors; Suggested Reading; Chapter 9: Clinical Cardiology; Introduction
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.8/10076; Medicine; Cerebrovascular disease -- Examinations, questions, etc; Neurology -- Examinations, questions, etc; Cerebrovascular disease; Neurology; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Medical -- Cardiology; Cardiovascular medicine; Neurology; Cardiology; Medical -- Neurology; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Examinations; Electronic books; Examination Questions
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3319396056; 9783319396057
• Related ISBNs: 331939603X; 9783319396033
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