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PODCAST: 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

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        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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