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Stroke: Treatment

Description: Stroke is the sudden onset of neurological symptoms caused by cerebral ischemia (ischemic stroke) or hemorrhage (hemorrhagic stroke). The symptoms include sudden numbness or weakness (usually on one side of the body), visual impairment, loss of balance or coordination, and difficulty speaking or comprehending speech. This course discusses prognoses for the different types of stroke, and the treatment options available to patients.

COURSE OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION
1. Course Information
2. Interface Tour
3. Course Overview

PROGNOSIS
4. Objectives
5. Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke
6. Risk Factors and Recurrence
7. Assessment of Disability
8. Motor Dysfunction
9. Mood Disorders
10. Cognitive Dysfunction and Vascular Dementia
11. Progress Check

TREATMENT
12. Objectives
13. Determinants of Damage
14. Antiplatelet Agents
15. Neuroprotective Agents
16. After-Stroke Monitoring
17. Cerebral Herniation
18. Stroke Prevention
19. Levels of Stenosis
20. Assessing the Degree of Stenosis
21. Criteria and Methods for Treating Aneurysms
22. Case Studies
23. Progress Check

CONCLUSION
24. Summary

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Students completing this course should be able to:

Name the common consequences of stroke and ways to assess them
Distinguish symptoms of depression and cognitive decline
Describe the basic evaluation and diagnosis of vascular dementia
List 5 exclusion criteria for intravenous thrombolysis
List 3 neurological and 3 non-neurological causes of deterioration after the initial stroke
Explain the rationale for using different antiplatelet agents
Know when invasive treatment for carotid stenosis is indicated

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