Students Enrolled:
178 students enrolled
Course Review:
DR. MEKHAEL
Dr. Mina Mekhael is an adult inpatient hospitalist. He has been practicing as an attending for 7 years since he finished residency. He grew up in the United States and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology. He then went on to Medical school and from there to Residency in Family Medicine. After Graduating residency, he knew his passion was in hospital medicine and therefore pursued his career as an adult inpatient hospitalist. Dr. Mekhael has taught Internal medicine residents, Family Medicine Residents, Medical students, PA students, and NP students. He is board certified in Family Medicine and is still practicing as a fulltime adult hospitalist until this day. He is passionate about teaching and improving healthcare both in the United States and across the Globe. Dr. Mekhael believes that Hospital Medicine B&B can help reach each student and resident eager to learn how to practice Hospital Medicine appropriately and have that confidence needed to hit the ground running from day 1. Undergraduate College: University of North Carolina at Charlotte- Bachelors of Science in Psychology. Medical School: St. Matthews University School of Medicine. Residency: Atrium Cabarrus Family Medicine Residency.
Course Overview
Welcome to Neurology (3.0 CME)
In this course we will cover all the main cases of Neurology that you will face in the hospital on a daily basis. From an acute stroke, to seizure, to Altered mental status and everything in between. By the end of this section, you should be ready to tackle the most common Neurological abnormalities that you will see in the hospital. This will be done through discussing real life cases, how the patients present, how to diagnose them and how to treat them according to the latest guidelines.
All the cases were reviewed with a Neurologist prior to submission.
6 Videos, Total Duration 3.6 hours (3 hours and 6 minutes)
Topics Covered in this course:
- CVA- Cerebellar vascular accident- Stroke
- TIA- Transient ischemic attack
- Atrial fibrillation related stroke
- Central vs peripheral vertigo
- Cerebral hemorrhage- Subdural and subarachnoid hemorrhages
- Acute neurological changes- code stroke in the hospital
- Brain Metastasis/ Vasogenic edema
- Meningitis/Encephalitis
- How to read Lumbar Puncture results
- Cerebral herniation
- Syncope Vs. Seizure
- Seizure/Epilepsy
- Pseudo seizures
- Status epilepticus
- Simple partial seizure
- Complex partial seizure
- Subclinical seizures
- Pseudo seizures
- Common seizure meds and their side effects
- Vit b12/folate def neurological effects
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Bell’s palsy
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Temporal arteritis
- Guilliane’ Barre
- Cauda Equina syndrome/Transverse myelitis
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Headache/migraine management in the hospital
- Altered mental status
- PRES syndrome/Hypertensive Encephalopathy
- Wernicke’s Encephalopathy
- Hepatic Encephalopathy
- Alcohol Withdrawal/Delirium Tremens
- Hyponatremia associated AMS
- Osmotic Demyelination syndrome
- Dementia
- Delirium/ Sundowning
- Hallucinations in the hospital
- PML- Progressive Multifocal leukoencephalopathy
- HIV encephalopathy
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Vascular Dementia
- Post lumbar puncture headache
- Medical Capacity Evaluation
- Parkinson’s disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Anoxic Brain Injury
Course Features
- Duration 10 week weeks
- Students 178 students enrolled
- Assessments Self
- Categories Medicine
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