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 patientsStrategies for ensuring patients receive their medications promptlyOverview of Carbidopa Levodopa’s mechanism of actionMyasthenia Gravis
Description of the disease mechanismImportance of assessing respiratory functionDiagnostic alternatives like the negative inspiratory force test and counting testDiscussion on appropriate emergency department actions and treatments including steroids, plasmapheresis, and IVIGMultiple Sclerosis
Description of the disease mechanismDescription of the typical patient demographicDiscussion on the varied presentation of MSTreatment strategies including high-dose steroids and BaclofenEmergency Medicine Residents, get your free subscription by writing [email protected]
Sam Ashoo, MD
Sam Ashoo, MD, FACEP, is board certified in emergency medicine and clinical informatics. He serves as EB Medicine’s editor-in-chief of interactive clinical pathways and FOAMEd blog, and host of EB Medicine’s EMplify podcast. Follow him below for more…
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