Description
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
