Explore Current Approaches

This CME course in electrodiagnostic medicine consists of 35 one-hour lectures that focus on a wide range of peripheral nerve diseases. Key sections include focal syndromes, generalized disorders, motor neuron diseases, polyneuropathies, neuromuscular junction disorders, myopathies and special topics. Electrodiagnostic Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders – A Comprehensive Review incorporates patient examples to illustrate typical and atypical presentations, and will help you to better:

• Apply best practices for evaluation of patients presenting with actual or suspected neuromuscular complaints
• Recognize classic, possible, and unlikely neuromuscular disorders according to clinical symptoms
• Assess the need of laboratory tests, electrodiagnostic studies, imaging, and muscle and nerve biopsies to establish a diagnosis
• Illustrate effective management of painful neuropathies
• Outline strategies to deliver the best care possible to patients with neuromuscular disorders

Expand Your Skills

Available online, Electrodiagnostic Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders – A Case-Based Approach provides a maximum of 30.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ and access to unbiased, evidence-based content and case-based reviews so you can expand your knowledge and incorporate the latest guidelines into your daily practice.

Designation

Oakstone Publishing designates this enduring material for a maximum of 30.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Date of Original Release: November 30, 2020
Date Credits Expire: November 30, 2023

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation and post-test.

The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology has reviewed Electrodiagnostic Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders – A Case-Based Approach and has approved this program as part of a comprehensive self-assessment program, which is mandated by the ABMS as a necessary component of Maintenance of Certification.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the diagnostic approach to a patient presenting with myotonia
• Discuss the diagnostic tests used for focal syndromes
• Explain the classic signs and symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• Distinguish between Guillain-Barré syndrome and other acquired neuropathies
• Identify the differences between metabolic myopathies and mitochondrial myopathies
• Explain the electrodiagnostic approach to the patient with generalized weakness
• Compare neuropathies found in systemic disease with those found in cancer
• List commonly found neuromuscular mimics

Topics/Speakers : 

Clinical Applications for Electrodiagnostic Medicine: Focal Syndromes

• Electrodiagnosis of Focal Upper Extremity Mononeuropathies - Michael P. Bowley, MD, PhD
  

• Electrophysiologic Approach to Brachial Plexopathies - William S. David, MD, PhD

• Focal Mononeuropathies in the Leg - William S. David, MD, PhD

• Electrodiagnostic Approach to Lower Limb Radiculopathy and Plexopathy - Haatem Reda, MD

• Peripheral Nerve Ultrasound Cases - Amanda C. Guidon, MD

Clinical Applications for Electrodiagnostic Medicine: Generalized Disorders

• Approach to the Patient with Generalized Weakness - William S. David, MD, PhD

• Approach to the Patient with Multifocal Weakness - Leeann Burton, MD

• Approach to the Patient with Scapular Winging - Kathy Chuang, MD

• Approach to the Patient with Diplopia - Paloma Gonzalez-Perez, MD, PhD
  

• Approach to the Patient with Facial Weakness - Kathy Chuang, MD

• Approach to the Patient with Clinical Myotonia - Paloma Gonzalez-Perez, MD

• Approach to the Patient with Cramps - Leeann Burton, MD

Motor Neuron Diseases

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Katherine A. Nicholson, MD

• Atypical Motor Neuron Disorders: Upper and Lower Motor Neuron - William S. David, MD, PhD

• Spinal Muscular Atrophy - Basil T. Darras, MD

Polyneuropathies

• Approach to Neuropathy - Reza Seyedsadjadi, MD

• Charcot-Marie-Tooth and Other Hereditary Disorders - Reza Seyedsadjadi, MD

• Guillain-Barré and Other Acute Acquired Neuropathies - Christopher T. Doughty, MD

• Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy and Related Disorders - Reza Seyedsadjadi, MD

• Neuropathies Associated with Systemic Disease and Cancer - Christopher T. Doughty, MD

• Toxic Polyneuropathies - Mohammad Kian Salajegheh, MD

Neuromuscular Junction Disorders

• Myasthenia Gravis - Amanda C. Guidon, MD

• Congenital, Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome, Botulism - Amanda C. Guidon, MD

Myophathies

• Approach to Myopathies/Muscular Dystrophies - Anthony A. Amato, MD

• Muscular Dystrophies - Vijay Ganesh, MD, PhD
  

• Congenital Myopathies - Basil T. Darras, MD

• Metabolic Myopathies - Anthony A. Amato, MD

• Mitochondrial Myopathies - Anthony A. Amato, MD

• Muscle Channelopathies - Mohammad Kian Salajegheh, MD

• Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies - Anthony A. Amato, MD

• Myopathies Associated with Systemic Disease and Toxic Myopathies - Vijay Ganesh, MD, PhD
  

• Approach to the Patient with Rhabdomyolysis - Joome Suh, MD

Special Topics

• Neonatal Hypotonia: Approach to the Floppy Infant - Basil T. Darras, MD

• Neuromuscular Mimics - Erik R. Ensrud, MD

• Rehabilitation of Neuromuscular Disorders - Kathy Chuang, MD