Stroke Information Sites

STROKE
Information Sites
compiled by
Dr R S MacWalter,
Consultant Physician, Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust,
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Dundee,
Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee, Scotland,
(with help from Duncan MacWalter and Dr Yuksel Ersoy, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey).

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Other useful links
StrokeForum a useful link for patients, carers and physicians	HealthHelper.com - Stroke	Different Strokes charity set up by younger stroke survivors to help other stroke survivors
National Stroke Association	Stanford - Very comprehensive patient (and more) information site	Galaxy Stroke Pages
American Heart Association's Stroke Connection	N Ireland Multidisciplinary Assoc of Stroke CarersOne of the very best!!!!!!	Willis-Knighton Stroke Institute
National Stroke Foundation (Melbourne, Australia) a help agency in Australia	Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada	MedAccess Online
National Institutes Of Health (USA)	Washing University in St Louis Stroke Guidelines Links to full text of stroke guidelines, practice parameters, and consensus statements published on the web: General, Acute Stroke Management, Stroke Prevention, Stroke Rehabilitation, Technology Assessment; a very comprehensive patient (and more) information site	South Carolina Health Policy For Stroke good preventitive advice
The Stroke Network an on-line stroke support site providing cyberspace stroke support!	Management of Acute Stroke information from Moscow State University	The Stroke Information Directory
British Association of Stroke Physicians	British Stroke Research Group

Teaching on	stroke
Functional Evaluation of Stroke	Todd Rowland MD....another doctor interested in strokes (Powerpoint animations)	Teaching Program(University of Florida)	Brief tour of the brain
Stroke Teaching Program	Grand Rounds	Basic Brain Blood Supply	Stroke Teaching Links Washington University School of Medicine
Managing acute stroke part of The Resident Medical Officer's On line Handbook

Stroke measurment scales
Internet Stroke Center Stroke Assessment Guide - fairly large collection of stroke assessment tools.	New York Statewide Resource Center for Geriatric Education - many assessment tools including Katz ADL, Lawton & Brody IADL, GDS, etc.
Geriatric depression scale in different languages!	Acute stroke toolbox - stroke scales, acute treatment protocols, etc.

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Moving Around this Document
Journals	Nursing
Bandolier	PAMS
General useful links	Guidelines
Other useful links	Stroke Imaging
Teaching on stroke	Stroke survial stories
Drug Information	Clinical Trials Information
Disclaimer

General Links
Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland	American Heart Association's Stroke Connection	Strokes - Doctors Guide To The Internet
National Institutes Of Health (USA)	Doc Net	Neuroland information for the clinician
Stanford Stroke Centre - Very comprehensive patient (and more) information site	Healthgate	U.S. National Library of Medicine - Medline search for journal information and abstracts
Ulster Hospital Dundonald Adult Stroke Unit good source of other UK information	RSN Disability and Rehabilitation - Guide to Rehabilitation services from Nottingham	Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital Rehabilitation Services- the International Spinal Injuries & Rehabilitation Centre
Leed Stroke Database Project general information for stroke patients and carers	Medical Patients Network -useful information on stroke and other illnesses	PHRMA Health Guides: Stroke - American pharmaceutical information
Wake Forest Hospital	Synapse (Medical Resources) - Publishing house	Mailbase Discussion Lists: Medical Lists Subjects allied to Medicine
Mayo Clinic Info	Medical Patients Network - Stroke

Journals
Stroke	Cerebrovascular Diseases	JAMA
British Medical Journal	Archives of Neurology	NEJM
Lancet	Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Bandolier
University of Oxford's Clinical School	Bandolier: Index	Bandolier: Stroke Rehabilitation	Bandolier: The Northamptonshire Project

Nursing
Birmingham Nursing Resource	RCN Continuing Education	For Computer Nurses!
Nursing Magazine	RCN Conference And Exhibition Unit	Stroke and Hypertension Resources
Nurse2 Magazine	The Royal College Of Nursing

Professions Allied to Medicine (PAMS)
The Chartered Society Of Physiotherapy	Council For Professions Supplementary To Medicine
Occupational Therapy Internet World

Stroke Imaging
Harvard Medical School - The Whole Brain Atlas	Washington Brain Atlas

Stroke Case Studies
UAB comprehensive stroke center - small collection of stroke cases.	Middle cerebral artery infarct - from Harvard
Critical internal carotid stenosis from Harvard	Preventing stroke in Sickle Cell Anaemia

Guidelines
SIGN guidelines - Scottish Collegiate guidelines on aspects of stroke managment and more. An Adobe Acrobat reader is needed to view these.	RCP London Guidelines - a comprehensive guideline on stroke management

Drug Information
Aspirin	Ticlopidine	Warfarin
Dipyridamole	Clopidogrel	r-TPA Thrombolysis guidelines (3 hour window) as used by TPA Stroke Study Group

On being struck by a stroke stroke survivor E B Jelks' story	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - the compelling story of Jean-Dominique Bauby's left "locked in" by a stroke to order book
My Year Off - Robert McCrum suffered a stroke at the age of 42. to order book

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