Description
Welcome to Neurology-Outpatient
In this course you will continue to learn about all the common cases that present to your clinic on a daily basis from a Neurology standpoint. Dr. Grover-Wenk, a board-certified Family Medicine Physicians will teach you this through real life case scenarios that present to the clinic on a daily basis. By the end of this course, you will be confident tackling these abnormalities with much more ease. Because of the multiple topics in this section, Neurology outpatient has been divided into three 2 hour parts. For complete knowledge in this section, reviewing all three sections is recommended
Videos: 2
Duration: 2.05 hours (2 hours and 5 minutes)
CME: 2
Neurological Cases in Primary Care Module
1. Migraines
a. Diagnosis
i. Criteria for migraine without aura
ii. Criteria for migraine with aura
b. Treatment
i. 1st line
ii. 2nd line
iii. Prophylaxis
iv. Refractory measures
2. Headaches
a. Tension headache
i. Treatment for episodic vs. chronic
ii. Nonpharmacological treatment
b. Cluster headache
i. Symptoms
ii. Triggers
iii. Acute and abortive treatment
iv. Prophylaxis
c. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
i. Signs and symptoms
ii. Imaging
iii. Red flag signs and symptoms
3. Dizziness
a. Types
b. Vertigo
i. Causes
ii. Duration vs timing
iii. Historical clues
iv. Physical exam
v. Dix Hallpike maneuver
c. BPPV
i. Symptoms
ii. Treatment
d. Vestibular neuritis
i. Symptoms
ii. Treatment
e. Vestibular migraine
i. Diagnostic criteria
ii. Treatment
f. Meniere’s disease
i. Symptoms
ii. Diagnosis
iii. Treatment
4. Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
a. Mimics
b. Symptoms of TIA vs. mimics
c. Diagnosis
d. Physical exam
e. Imaging
f. ABCD2 scoring system
5. Stroke
a. Signs and symptoms
b. Classification
c. Diagnostic scales
d. NIHSS stroke severity scale
e. Posterior strokes
f. Differential diagnoses
g. Diagnostic studies
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