Search results for "Neurology"
MKSAP Quiz: 1-year history of increasing urinary frequency
A 50-year-old man is evaluated for a 1-year history of increasing urinary frequency and urgency and occasional urge incontinence. He has no symptoms of urinary hesitancy or incomplete emptying. The patient has primary progressive multiple sclerosis. Medications are dalfampridine and vitamin D. Following a physical exam, gait testing, and urinalysis, what is the most appropriate treatment?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/15/3.htm
15 Mar 2016
Managing Alzheimer's disease when options are limited
Primary care physicians can expect to diagnose an increasing number of patients with Alzheimer's disease as the U.S. population ages. While clinicians have been more successful in diagnosing the disease early, effective treatments or prevention options are more scarce.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/03/alzheimers.htm
1 Mar 2016
Neurologists offer guidelines on diagnosing sports concussions
Updated recommendations on evaluating and managing sports-related concussions were released by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) last week.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/03/26/2.htm
26 Mar 2013
Street medicine physicians meet patients where they are
This issue also covers screening for bacteriuria, new thinking about Alzheimer's disease, and communicating ab out migraines.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/07/street-medicine-physicians-meet-patients-where-they-are.htm
1 Jul 2019
Essential tremor treatment guidelines updated
Propranolol and primidone remain the most successful and most frequently used drugs to treat essential tremor, while levetiracetam, 3,4-diaminopyridine, and flunarizine should not be used, according to updated guidelines by the American Academy of Neurology.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/25/2.htm
25 Oct 2011
The role of a lifetime in medical education
Standardized patients are used during medical school to ensure physicians develop competencies in communication and physical examination skills.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/04/the-role-of-a-lifetime-in-medical-education.htm
1 Apr 2018
Guideline update issued on prevention of stroke in nonvalvular afib
The American Academy of Neurology recently issued a guideline update on preventing stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/03/04/5.htm
4 Mar 2014
MKSAP Quiz: 1-week history of recurrent episodes of facial pain
A 36-year-old woman with relapsing-remitting MS is evaluated for a 1-week history of recurrent episodes of facial pain that are 1 to 3 seconds in duration and occur spontaneously dozens of times throughout the day. The pain is sharp, severe, and located in the right infraorbital area. During this same period, she has developed worsening bilateral lower extremity weakness and urinary incontinence. After a physical exam and lab studies, what is the most likely cause of the facial pain?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/25/3.htm
25 Apr 2017
New guideline published on management of unprovoked first seizure
Physicians treating adults with an unprovoked first seizure should inform them that their seizure recurrence risk is greatest, between 21% and 45%, within the first 2 years, according to a joint guideline by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/05/12/7.htm
12 May 2015
Neurologists suggest steps for prescribing opioids for chronic pain
The American Academy of Neurology issued a position paper outlining steps that can help physicians who prescribe chronic opioid analgesic therapy (COAT) for chronic noncancer pain (CNCP).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/07/1.htm
7 Oct 2014