Stroke

This new edition features an opening section entitled Epidemiology which comprises the nuts and bolts of the subject and reviews the purposes of health care for stroke patients. The remaining revised and updated sections Diagnosis Management and Prognosis follow the format of the first edition.Stroke: epidemiology evidence and clinical practice (second edition) retains its focus on epidemiology relevant to the clinician and attempts to use examples from stroke to illustrate many aspects of epidemiological thinking. The authors aim to stimulate readers to think about their own practice the nature of scientific evidence and the vast areas of clinical uncertainty that remain the main target for research over the coming decades.