Update on Stroke Evaluation and Treatment

Felipe De Los Rios La Rosa, M.D., will provide learners with a review of early symptoms of stroke and how to implement appropriate treatment plans.   

Target Audience

Family physicians, internal medicine, general internists, hospitalists, neurologists, cardiologists, oncologists, gastroenterologists, psychiatrists, infectious disease specialists, dietitians, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, respiratory therapists (direct delivery), physician associates/physician assistants, nurses and advanced practice registered nurses. 

Learning Objectives

  • Recognize early symptoms of stroke and implement appropriate treatment plans. 
  • Determine which patients are generally considered candidates for IV thrombolysis and/or endovascular thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke.
  • Implement a comprehensive outpatient secondary prevention of stroke treatment plan.
Additional information
Bibliography: 
  • Shi, X., Bai, H., Wang, J., Wang, J., Huang, L., He, M., ... & Wang, J. (2021). Behavioral assessment of sensory, motor, emotion, and cognition in rodent models of intracerebral hemorrhage. Frontiers in neurology, 12, 667511.
  • Saber Tehrani, A. S., Kattah, J. C., Kerber, K. A., Gold, D. R., Zee, D. S., Urrutia, V. C., & Newman-Toker, D. E. (2018). Diagnosing stroke in acute dizziness and vertigo: pitfalls and pearls. Stroke, 49(3), 788-795.
  • Johnston, S. C., Easton, J. D., Farrant, M., Barsan, W., Conwit, R. A., Elm, J. J., ... & Palesch, Y. Y. (2018). Clopidogrel and aspirin in acute ischemic stroke and high-risk TIA. New England Journal of Medicine, 379(3), 215-225.
  • Kernan, W. N., Forman, R., & Inzucchi, S. E. (2023). Caring for Patients With Diabetes in Stroke Neurology. Stroke, 54(3), 894-904.
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Dietitians
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Course opens: 
10/01/2023
Course expires: 
09/30/2026

Felipe De Los Rios La Rosa, M.D.
Neurologist
Medical Director, Stroke Program
Miami Neuroscience Institute
Comprehensive Stroke Center – Baptist Hospital of Miami
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida

Felipe De Los Rios La Rosa, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, is a member of the speakers' bureau with AstraZeneca. He has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.

Elise McCormack Granja, M.D., conference director of this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose.  

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
              
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Dietitians
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
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