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Stroke: A Practical Guide to Management
2nd ed, edited by Charles Warlow, M. S. Dennis, J. van Gijn, et
al, 804 pp, with illus, $199, Oxford, England, Blackwell Science Inc, 2001.
Arch Neurol. 2002;59:485-486.
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This is a comprehensive review of virtually all clinically important
aspects of stroke and cerebrovascular disease, by 7 authors from Scotland,
England, Australia, and the Netherlands. Despite its length and wide variety
of topics, it is surprisingly readable and the style is remarkably uniform
for a multiauthored work. The book features succinct summaries of the findings
of randomized trials followed by practical suggestions for management, including
the authors' opinions in areas of clinical controversy. The writers come across
as experienced stroke clinicians as well as authorities on the scientific
literature regarding stroke. In general, the format, writing, and illustrations
are excellent.
Criticisms of the book are relatively few. A few topics get short shrift;
stroke in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is barely mentioned,
and hypercoagulable states such as the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
are discussed only briefly. The discussion of transient ischemic attacks underemphasizes
the major risk of stroke in . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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