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Dr. Jessica Ailani talks with Dr. Kathleen Digre about the recognition of symptoms, diagnostic imaging, treatment goals, and the importance of weight loss in managing IIH. Read the related article in JAMA. Read the related article in Neurology®. Disclosures can be found at Neurol ... Show More

Dr. Andy Southerland talks with Dr. Amrou Sarraj about the importance of understanding anesthesia's impact on patient outcomes, the implications for clinical practice, and future research directions in stroke treatment. Read the related article in Neurology®. Disclosures can be f ... Show More

Dr. Kiran Thakur talks with Dr. Ava Easton about the World Health Organization's technical brief on encephalitis. Read the related article in The Lancet. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. 

Dr. Shuvro Roy and Dr. Annette Langer-Gould discuss the effective dose of rituximab and other B-cell depleting therapies in patients with multiple sclerosis, as well as important comorbidities to prevent infection risks. Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/NXI.0 ... Show More

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can present at any age and is associated with immune-mediated damage to multiple organs and increased rates of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and disability. New treatments have been FDA approved. Caroline H. Siegel, MD, MS, discusses this and ... Show More

This program discusses peripheral nerve diseases, including the anatomy of the central and peripheral nervous systems by Dr. Maggie Waung. Peripheral nerves control sensory, motor and autonomic functions and can regenerate though very slowly. Dr. Michael Wilson discusses difficul ... Show More

Go online to PeerView.com/BQF860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of the nervous system that is associated with significant morbidity, includin ... Show More

Join experts Drs Matt Sparks and Dawn Caster as they discuss the complexities around the management of lupus nephritis. What tools do we have now? What is on the horizon? Tune in to find out. Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape (https://www.m ... Show More

Dr. Linda Chu discusses COVID vaccine-associated myocarditis with Dr. Kate Hanneman. "Myocardial Injury Pattern at MRI in COVID-19 Vaccine-associated Myocarditis". Myocardial Injury Pattern at MRI in COVID-19 Vaccine–associated Myocarditis. Fronza et al. Radiology 2022; 304:553–5 ... Show More

There is a long list of rare neuromuscular diseases. Nonetheless, there are a few that you are likely to see in the ED, that are relevant to Emergency Medicine because they require timely diagnosis and treatment. In this Part 2 of our 2-part series on acute motor weakness with Ro ... Show More

Step into the powerful realm of MRI imaging, providing us with an unparalleled view of multiple sclerosis. Discover how acute inflammation becomes vivid with contrast, and how various MRI sequences unveil the past battles fought within your brain and spinal cord. We'll explore ad ... Show More

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the June 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Hypertensive Emergencies: Guidelines and Best Practice Recommendations Epidemiology Etiology Differential diagnosis Prehospital care History and physical  Diagnostics Tre ... Show More

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in a range of medical conditions experienced by individuals diagnosed with autism and other neurodivergent conditions. Autistic and neurodivergent individuals, diagnosed and undiagnosed, may present with complex conditions that ... Show More