Indraprastha Apollo organised a National Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme on Neurosiences . The programme was for medical practitioners to discuss issues related to management of the unconscious patient, PET MRI in neurosciences, interventional radiology, management of the patient with head injury, backache, epilepsy surgery, surgical management of movement disorders, chronic headache, approach to a patient of vertigo, management of ischaemic attacks, transient ischaemic stroke and a young patient of stroke.
As a part of providing quality healthcare and upholding its policies and practices by maintaining and upgrading competence in its doctors, the programme was focused on delivering a series of stimulating, interactive and practical learning experiences via lectures, case-centric discussions and workshops based upon topical issues addressed by renowned speakers.
Enlightening the attendees on the management of transient ischaemic attack (TIA) Dr P N Renjen, Senior Consultant- Neurology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals said, “A TIA, also known as a mini-stroke, is similar to a stroke, but the symptoms do not last as long. However, it should still be treated as a medical emergency. Such attacks are important risk factors for recurrent strokes; they precede 23 per cent of strokes within 90 days. Identification of patients at high risk of developing further strokes is essential to allow early intervention and avoid the catastrophic outcome of strokes.”
Dr Mukul Varma, Senior Consultant- Neurology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals addressed the gathering on Chronic Headaches. He said, “Some people develop very frequent headaches, as frequent as every day in some cases. When a headache is present for more than 15 days per month for at least three months, it is described as a chronic daily headache. Most people with chronic daily headache have migraine or tension-type headache as the underlying type of headache. They often start out having an occasional migraine or tension-type headache, but the headaches became more frequent over months or years. Some people with frequent headache use headache medications too often, which can lead to ‘medication-overuse headaches’.”
Addressing the gathering on epilepsy surgery, Dr V P Singh, Senior Consultant- Neurosurgery, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals said, “Over the last 15 years, Epilepsy surgery has proven to be a successful option for curing patients with seizures that cannot be treated with medicines. In India approximately five people in every 1000 suffer from epilepsy. 70 per cent can be treated with a single drug, 15 per cent with 2-3 drugs and the rest 15 per cent are potential cases where surgery can help.”
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