Stroke Medicine Case Studies from Queen Square
This collection of case studies is authored by a group of internationally recognised experts in the field of cerebrovascular disease. The cases are carefully selected to provide an insight into the different kinds of stroke syndromes from the common throu
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Stroke Medicine Case Studies from Queen Square
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Stroke Medicine
S.K. Gill • M.M. Brown • F. Robertson N. Losseff Editors
Stroke Medicine Case Studies from Queen Square
Editors S.K. Gill UCL Institute of Neurology Education Unit National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery London UK
F. Robertson Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery London UK
M.M. Brown Brain Repair & Rehabilitation UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London London UK
N. Losseff Department of Stroke National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery London UK
ISBN 978-1-4471-6704-4 ISBN 978-1-4471-6705-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-6705-1
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For our patients. -The Editors
Preface
The details of the case are important: their analysis distinguishes the expert from the journeyman. CM Fisher [1]
Learning through case analysis is a technique that centuries old and used in almost all disciplines. This ‘storytelling’ method of teaching adds layers of richness and a depth that can not be found in the linear structure of a standard textbook. The value of this – and the reason why we have chosen it for this book – is that it allows the reader the ability to view the thought processes involved in clinical decision-making. These ‘grey cases’ are often referred upward through the hierarchies of a specialty and can end up in tertiary centres where the diagnostic processes may be inexplicit. The aim of the book is to allow insight into the process of diagnosis and provide the tools to cut through the complexity inherent in neurovascular medicine to formulate a diagnosis and treatment plan. These are real cases, and it is important to recognise that despite the
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