Medical College of Georgia Comprehensive Stroke Update 2024

Overview

The Medical College of Georgia Comprehensive Stroke Update 2024 provides an in-depth review of stroke management for healthcare professionals across relevant specialties. This course includes 15 videos and 16 PDFs with a total size of 7.83 GB, covering diverse aspects of stroke care from acute management to rehabilitation.

On-demand Neurology education — accessible anytime, anywhere.

Format: 15 videos, 16 PDFs
Total size: 7.83 GB

Agenda

This comprehensive stroke update offers detailed sessions focused on current strategies and innovations in stroke care. The agenda includes the following key topics:

• Acute stroke complications
• Cardioembolic stroke I – atrial fibrillation, rhythm monitoring, anticoagulation, and LAA occlusion
• Cardioembolic stroke II – Beyond atrial fibrillation
• Deciding on decompressive craniectomy in large hemispheric infarctions
• Embolic stroke of undetermined source: sufficient stroke workup
• Endovascular approaches to cerebral AVMs, aneurysms, and intracranial stenosis
• Intravenous thrombolysis for acute stroke
• Large core, distal occlusions, and expanding horizons of acute endovascular stroke therapies
• Minimally invasive surgery and emergency management of acute intracerebral hemorrhage
• Modern management of carotid atherosclerosis – surgery, stenting, and intensive medical management
• Multimodality acute stroke imaging
• Optimizing antithrombotic therapy to prevent stroke
• Physical exercise and conditioning strategies to treat and prevent stroke
• Prehospital stroke systems
• What’s new in rehabilitation after stroke

Objectives

• Guide the hospital management of stroke patients.
• Review the triage of acute stroke patients.
• Describe the roles of intravenous and intra-arterial therapies in acute stroke.
• Identify stroke patients who may benefit from neurosurgical interventions.
• Optimize treatment for patients with intracranial atherosclerosis.
• Enhance secondary stroke prevention using medications and lifestyle interventions.
• Discuss recent developments and ongoing clinical stroke research.

Speakers

This educational activity was presented at a live symposium and now made available on-demand. It features expert faculty specializing in emergency medicine, neurology, and neurohospitalist care.

Target Audience

This program is designed for internists, emergency physicians, neurohospitalists, hospitalists, primary care physicians, advanced care providers, nurses, emergency medical personnel, and trainees involved in stroke patient care.

Why This Topic Matters

The Medical College of Georgia Comprehensive Stroke Update 2024 addresses critical advances in the diagnosis and management of stroke within neurology and emergency medicine specialties. This course offered through MedHub Central delivers up-to-date knowledge essential for strengthening clinical expertise in stroke care.

Stroke remains a leading cause of morbidity, and ongoing education like this update supports healthcare providers in optimizing patient outcomes and applying current evidence-based practices.