Evidence–Based Nursing Care for Stroke and Neurovascular Conditions

With the aging population ever growing, healthcare for personssuffering from stroke and related illnesses is increasinglyimportant.   Evidence–Based Nursing Care in Stroke andNeurovascular Conditions provides a comprehensive and practicalguide for novice, experienced and advanced practice nurses workingwith patients suffering from stroke and other neurovascularconditions.

With a focus specifically on neurovascular disorders, thishighly detailed text offers easy–to–find information onevidence–based care guidelines.  The book begins with athorough introduction to normal cerebrovascular anatomy andphysiology and common pathologic mechanisms describing the uniquechallenges in working with this patient group.  Later chaptersprovide the pathophysiology, diagnostic and current nursinginterventions for the care of patients with neurovascular disordersincluding transient ischemic attacks, ischemic stroke, hemorrhagicstroke, Moyamoya, Migraines and more.

Evidence–Based Nursing Care in Stroke and NeurovascularConditions is a must–have resource for practitioners caring forpatients enduring stroke and other neurovascular conditions. 

Contributors ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xiii

1 Introduction 1
Sheila A. Alexander

2 Transient Ischemic Attacks 25
Lori M. Massaro

3 Ischemic Stroke 35
Lori M. Massaro

4 Intracerebral Hemorrhage 73
Tarek Dakakni and Michael L. Luke James

5 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 95
Sheila A. Alexander

6 Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy 135
Alice E. Davis

7 Vascular Malformations 163
Sheila A. Alexander

8 Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with SubcorticalInfarcts and Leukoencephalopathy
(CADASIL) 185
Sheila A. Alexander

9 Migraine Headache 195
Sheila A. Alexander

10 Moyamoya Disease 213
Sheila A. Alexander

11 Binswanger s Disease 225
Sheila A. Alexander

12 Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) 233
Alice E. Davis

13 Vasculitis of the Central Nervous System and Cranial Vessel(Arteritis) 259
Alice E. Davis

Index 279

Sheila A. Alexander, RN, PhD is Assistant Professor, Acute and Tertiary Care, at the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Nursing.