Stroke Care

Rowan H Harwood is a Consultant Geriatrician and Professor in geriatric medicine at the University of Nottingham. Particular interests include stroke, delirium, dementia, clinical ethics and end-of-life care. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal 'Age and Ageing', and co-chairs the WHO Technical Advisory Group for monitoring the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing.Dr Farhad Huwez (PhD, FRCP, FRCPG) is a Consultant Stroke Physician at Hyperacute Stroke unit of Royal London Hospital where a large number of Mechanical Thrombectomy procedures are done regularly. Previously he led Stroke Service in Basildon. Initially, he trained in Cardiology and obtained a PhD from Glasgow University. He subsequently completed specialist training in General and Geriatrics Medicine and is visiting Professor ofGeriatrics in New Vision University at Tbilisi Georgia.Dr Paul Guyler is a Consultant in Stroke Medicine and Clinical Director for the East of England Regional Stroke Network. He is Deputy Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education at Southend Hospital and an Honorary Visiting Senior Clinical Lecturer with Anglia Ruskin University. He has also been Principal Investigator in many NIHR trials of stroke research. He has been awarded multiple awards, including two Health Service Journal Awards for Delivering Quality and Value and Service Redesign.Sajid Alam trained at the Barts and London School of Medicine. He is the clinical lead for stroke services at Ipswich Hospital. He has championed the use for remote technology in stroke with the Mobile Stroke Unit and virtual stroke consultations.Dr Catherine Gaynor is a Consultant Geriatrician and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.

• 1: Is it a stroke?2: What to do in the first few days3: The first two weeks4: Subarachnoid haemorrhage5: Neuroimaging in stroke6: Making difficult decisions7: End-of-life care8: Rehabilitation9: Hospital discharge10: Preventing strokes and other vascular events11: Outcomes and prognosis12: Longer-term problems and their management13: Cognitive impairment after stroke

This stroke manual clearly meets its goal of serving as a reference for healthcare providers of variable experience who care for stroke patients, in addition to being well organized and designed. It is useful and compact enough to carry in a white coat pocket and should easily become a staple among individuals specializing in stroke care or those who want to further improve their care of stroke patients, especially (but not limited to) providers in the U.K.