Tuesday, September 26, 2017

INCIDENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SEIZURES AFTER ISCHEMIC STROKE: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

So every single stroke doctor in the world should take this course and the course expired 7 days ago. So you are out of luck if you need seizures managed post-stroke.  And since seizures occur in about 10% of stroke patients you may want your doctor to get educated on this.
https://cme.neurology.org/attendee/view_program.jsp?programCode=27864P2CEiHD

About this course

  • Released: 9/19/2017
  • Expires: 9/19/2020


INCIDENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SEIZURES AFTER ISCHEMIC STROKE: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of the article by Wang et al, the participant should be able to:
  • State the incidence of early poststroke seizures in this systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Discuss the results of studies described in this review comparing antiepileptic drugs in the treatment of poststroke epilepsy with regards to adverse effects and efficacy
  • Discuss the reasons for finding a lower poststroke seizure incidence proposed by the authors of this review
     

CORE COMPETENCIES:

The article by Wang et al covers the following core competency:
  • Medical Knowledge

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