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Parkinson's, Myasthenia Gravis, and MS in the ED

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In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and T.R. Eckler, MD discuss the May 2025 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Chronic Neurologic Disease: Parkinson Disease, Myasthenia Gravis, and Multiple Sclerosis

Parkinson's Disease

  • Importance of maintaining medication schedule for Parkinson's patients
  • Strategies for ensuring patients receive their medications promptly
  • Overview of Carbidopa Levodopa's mechanism of action


Myasthenia Gravis

  • Description of the disease mechanism
  • Importance of assessing respiratory function
  • Diagnostic alternatives like the negative inspiratory force test and counting test
  • Discussion on appropriate emergency department actions and treatments including steroids, plasmapheresis, and IVIG


Multiple Sclerosis

  • Description of the disease mechanism
  • Description of the typical patient demographic
  • Discussion on the varied presentation of MS
  • Treatment strategies including high-dose steroids and Baclofen

Emergency Medicine Residents, get your free subscription by writing [email protected]

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153 episodes

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In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and T.R. Eckler, MD discuss the May 2025 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Chronic Neurologic Disease: Parkinson Disease, Myasthenia Gravis, and Multiple Sclerosis

Parkinson's Disease

  • Importance of maintaining medication schedule for Parkinson's patients
  • Strategies for ensuring patients receive their medications promptly
  • Overview of Carbidopa Levodopa's mechanism of action


Myasthenia Gravis

  • Description of the disease mechanism
  • Importance of assessing respiratory function
  • Diagnostic alternatives like the negative inspiratory force test and counting test
  • Discussion on appropriate emergency department actions and treatments including steroids, plasmapheresis, and IVIG


Multiple Sclerosis

  • Description of the disease mechanism
  • Description of the typical patient demographic
  • Discussion on the varied presentation of MS
  • Treatment strategies including high-dose steroids and Baclofen

Emergency Medicine Residents, get your free subscription by writing [email protected]

  continue reading

153 episodes

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