Hemorrhagic Stroke [Paperback]

This book provides detailed practical guidance on the management of hemorrhagic stroke in the clinical settings encountered in daily practice. Real-life cases are used to depict a wide range of clinical scenarios and to highlight significant aspects of management of hemorrhagic stroke. In addition, diagnostic and therapeutic protocols are presented and helpful decision-making algorithms are provided that are specific to the different professionals involved in delivery of stroke care and to differing types of hospital facility. The coverage is completed by the inclusion of up-to-date scientific background information relevant to diagnosis and therapy. Throughout, the approach adopted is both practical and multidisciplinary. The book will be of value for all practitioners involved in the provision of stroke care, and also for medical students.

Diagnosis and therapy in the acute phase of hemorrhagic stroke: latest developments.- Clinical cases.- Clinical organizational pathways for hemorrhagic stroke.- Differentiated decisional algorithms.

Eduoardo Boccardi gained his MD in 1978 at the University of Milan, Italy, and then completed specializations in Neurology and Radiology. He has been a member of the Neurosurgical Department of Niguarda Ca Granda Hospital, Milan since 1981 and a full-time interventional neuroradiologist since 1990. He has been Director of Interventional Radiology at Niguarda Ca Granda Hospital since 2002 and in 2009 was appointed Director of the Department of Neuroradiology. On average he attends 400 procedures for the treatment of intra- and extracranial vascular diseases each year, as principal operator or tutor.

Marco Cenzato has been Director of the Neurosurgery Unit at Niguarda Ca Granda Hospital, Milan, since 2011. From 1989 to 2005 he worked as a neurosurgeon at Ospedale San Raffaele di Milano, and his previous positions also include Director of the School of Specialization in Neurosurgery at thl³­