Developments and Challenges in the Care of Patients with Ischemic Stroke

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Date & Location
Sunday, September 13, 2020, 12:00 AM - Monday, September 13, 2021, 12:00 PM

Overview
This online lecture provides physicians and other healthcare practitioners updates on current issues related to healthcare. The lecture will be maximum of one hour in length, followed by post test. Participants will have the opportunity to understand the challenges and development in care of patients with Ischemic stroke.

Target Audience
Specialties - Allied Health Professionals, Dentists, Nurses, Pharmacists, Physicians, Researchers, Students


Objectives
  1. Summarize the indications of Endovascular Therapy in patients with Ischemic Stroke
  2. Examine the impact of Mechanical Thrombectomy on the morbidity and mortality of patients with Ischemic Stroke
  3. Evaluate the challenges facing institutions and medical professionals in providing care to stroke patients in the Era of Endovascular Therapy

Registration
FREE of charge

Accreditation
 
The Department of Healthcare Professions (DHP) considers Asynchronous activities under Category 2 as self-directed learning.
  
 

Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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It is the policy of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar to adhere to Department of Healthcare Professions (DHP) and Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Criteria, Policies, and Standards for Commercial Support and content validation in order to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored programs. All faculty participating in sponsored programs are expected to disclose relevant financial relationships pertaining to their contribution to the activity, and any discussions of off-label or investigational uses of approved commercial products or devices, or of any products or devices not yet approved in the United States and elsewhere. WCM-Q CME/CPD activities are intended to be evidence-based and free of commercial bias. 

Bibliography: 

A Randomised Trial for Intrarterial Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke (O.A Berkhemer, 2015)

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Global Burden of Stroke (V.L Feign, 2017)

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Thrombectomy for Stroke at 6 to 16 hours with Selection by Perfusion Imaging (G.W. Alber, 2018)

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Thrombectomy for Stroke 6 to 24 hours with a mismatch between Deficit and Infarct (R.G Nogueira, 2018)

 

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