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Primary care neurology
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Cerebrovascular disease- Antithrombotic therapy to prevent embolization in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
- Carotid endarterectomy: Preoperative evaluation; surgical technique; and complications
- Cerebrovascular disease in sickle cell disease
- Clinical diagnosis of stroke subtypes
- Definition of transient ischemic attack
- Differential diagnosis of brain ischemia
- Etiology and classification of stroke
- Etiology, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Fibrinolytic (thrombolytic) therapy for acute ischemic stroke
- Initial assessment and management of acute stroke
- Initial evaluation and management of transient ischemic attack and minor stroke
- Lacunar infarcts
- Overview of the evaluation of stroke
- Pathophysiology of symptoms from carotid atherosclerosis
- Screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis
- Secondary prevention for specific causes of ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack
- Secondary prevention of stroke: Risk factor reduction
- Treatment of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Cranial nerve dysfunction- Bell's palsy: Pathogenesis, clinical features, and diagnosis
- Bell's palsy: Prognosis and treatment
- Overview of diplopia
- Trigeminal neuralgia
Dementia- Cholinesterase inhibitors in the treatment of dementia
- Dementia syndromes
- Future directions in dementia treatments
- Prevention of dementia
- Treatment of dementia
Disorders of myelin- Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in adults
- Epidemiology and clinical features of multiple sclerosis in adults
- Treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in adults
Dizziness; nystagmus; and vertigo- Approach to the patient with dizziness
- Approach to the patient with vertigo
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
- Meniere's disease
- Overview of nystagmus
- Treatment of vertigo
Epilepsy- Evaluation of the first seizure in adults
- Overview of the management of epilepsy in adults
- Pharmacology of antiepileptic drugs
- Risks associated with epilepsy and pregnancy
- Status epilepticus in adults
Headache- Acute treatment of migraine in adults
- Evaluation of carotid artery stenosis
- Headache syndromes other than migraine
- Pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis of migraine in adults
Lumbar puncture- Cerebrospinal fluid: Physiology and utility of an examination in disease states
- Evaluation and management of elevated intracranial pressure in adults
- Lumbar puncture: Technique; indications; contraindications; and complications in adults
Miscellaneous diseases- Clinical features and diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults
- Diagnosis and neurobiology of narcolepsy
- Overview of diplopia
- Overview of hiccups
- Pathogenesis of Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults
- Treatment and prognosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults
- Treatment of myasthenia gravis
- Treatment of narcolepsy
Movement disorders- Motor fluctuations and dyskinesia in Parkinson disease
- Overview of tremor
- Pharmacologic treatment of Parkinson disease
- Restless legs syndrome
Muscle disease- Approach to the patient with muscle weakness
- Differential diagnosis of peripheral nerve and muscle disease
- Drug-induced myopathies
- Glucocorticoid-induced myopathy
- Muscle enzymes in the evaluation of neuromuscular diseases
- Muscle examination in the evaluation of weakness
- Muscle injury associated with lipid lowering drugs
Neurologic examination- Approach to the patient with sensory loss
- The detailed neurologic examination in adults
Peripheral neuropathy- Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of diabetic polyneuropathy
- Diabetic autonomic neuropathy
- Differential diagnosis of peripheral nerve and muscle disease
- Mechanisms, causes, and evaluation of orthostatic and postprandial hypotension
- Overview of lower extremity peripheral nerve syndromes
- Overview of polyneuropathy
- Overview of upper extremity peripheral nerve syndromes
- Pathogenesis and prevention of diabetic polyneuropathy
- Treatment of diabetic neuropathy
- Treatment of orthostatic and postprandial hypotension
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Family Medicine
