Neurology

Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke TIA and ABCD2 risk stratification, Carotid stenosis and carotid endarterectomy, Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, Cervical and vertebral artery dissection, Aneurysmal SAH: nimodipine and vasospasm, Young and cryptogenic stroke workup (PFO, hypercoagulable), Watershed and border-zone infarction, Secondary prevention: antiplatelet, statin, BP control.

Headache and Facial Pain Trigeminal neuralgia (carbamazepine), Medication-overuse rebound headache, Post-traumatic and post-concussion headache, Low-CSF-pressure and post-LP headache, Occipital neuralgia, Hemicrania continua and paroxysmal hemicrania, Pediatric headache evaluation.

Seizures and Epilepsy Status epilepticus: benzodiazepine then fosphenytoin or levetiracetam, Absence seizures and ethosuximide, Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, Simple versus complex febrile seizures, Antiepileptic drug selection and adverse effects, AED teratogenicity (valproate) and pregnancy planning, Temporal lobe epilepsy and mesial temporal sclerosis, Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, Infantile spasms (West) and Lennox-Gastaut.

Neuromuscular and Demyelinating Disease Carpal tunnel and entrapment mononeuropathies (ulnar, radial, peroneal), Diabetic distal symmetric polyneuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Inflammatory myopathies and statin myopathy, Muscular dystrophies (Duchenne, Becker, myotonic), Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), Optic neuritis and internuclear ophthalmoplegia, Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (aquaporin-4), MS diagnosis: MRI, oligoclonal bands, McDonald criteria, EMG and nerve conduction study interpretation.

Movement Disorders Essential tremor (propranolol, primidone), Dystonias (cervical, blepharospasm, focal), Tardive dyskinesia, Tourette syndrome and tics, Atypical parkinsonism (PSP, MSA, corticobasal degeneration), Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and serotonin syndrome, Sydenham chorea, Functional movement disorders, Hemiballismus (contralateral subthalamic nucleus lesion).

Dementia and Delirium Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (rapidly progressive, myoclonus), Mild cognitive impairment, Reversible dementia causes (B12, hypothyroidism, depression), Cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine, Cognitive screening (MMSE, MoCA), Pseudodementia (depression), Decision-making capacity and dementia safety, Delirium evaluation (CAM criteria, hyperactive vs hypoactive, precipitants and management).

CNS Infections Herpes simplex encephalitis (temporal lobe, acyclovir), Brain abscess, Neurocysticercosis, Lyme neuroborreliosis (facial palsy), Tuberculous meningitis, Rabies, Tetanus and neurotoxin-mediated disease, Meningococcal post-exposure prophylaxis.

Neuro-oncology, ICP and Hydrocephalus Primary CNS lymphoma, Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma), Increased intracranial pressure (Cushing triad, papilledema), Cerebral herniation syndromes (uncal, central, tonsillar), Hydrocephalus: communicating versus obstructive, Spinal epidural metastasis and cord compression, Paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes, Cerebral edema management (mannitol, hypertonic saline, steroids), Colloid cyst of the third ventricle.

Cranial Nerves, Vision and Vertigo Meniere disease, Visual field defects and localization (chiasm, optic tract, radiations), Third nerve palsy: compressive versus ischemic, Horner syndrome, Pupillary abnormalities (RAPD, Argyll Robertson, Adie tonic), Nystagmus patterns, Conductive versus sensorineural hearing loss, Cavernous sinus syndrome.

Spine, Radiculopathy and Neurotrauma Subacute combined degeneration (B12, dorsal columns and corticospinal), Syringomyelia, Concussion and return-to-play (post-concussion OMT), Traumatic brain injury severity and Glasgow Coma Scale, Diffuse axonal injury, Coma evaluation and brainstem reflexes, Brain death determination, Spinal shock versus neurogenic shock, Autonomic dysreflexia, Transverse myelitis (partial vs complete cord, MS and post-infectious causes).

Pediatric and Neurogenetic Disorders Cerebral palsy, Developmental delay and milestone assessment, Friedreich ataxia, Ataxia-telangiectasia, Spinal muscular atrophy (Werdnig-Hoffmann), Rett syndrome, Breath-holding spells.