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© 1996 Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom

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The prevention and management of stroke


Victorine A. Wood, Health Services Research Manager (Neuroscienoes)
Richard Langton Hewer, Professor of Neurology

Stroke Research Unit, Directorate of Neurosciences, Frenchay Healthcare NHS Trust Frenchay Hospital, Bristol BS16 1LE


Address correspondence to V. A. Wood

The Government's Health of the nation strategy demands a reduction in the level of ill-health and death caused by stroke. This review describes the present state of knowledge on the prevention and management of stroke. Effective intervention in stroke has a number of major implications, including: health education for the public; education of health professionals (general practitioners, consultants and others); availability of guidelines and protocols; access to specialist advice, investigations and their interpretation, and rapid treatment, including surgery; availability of specially trained nurses for screening and monitoring; and availability of specialist multidisciplinary teams in hospitals and the community.

Keywords: stroke, prevention, hypertension, treatment, stroke units


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