SMi Source Lesson Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis and Prognosis

  • SMi Source lesson Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis and Prognosis has the following microlearning topics

    • 1. The Diagnosis of MS

    2. Neurological Evaluation

    3. Patient History

    4. Patient Descriptions

    5. Physical Exam

    6. Physical Examination: Visual

    7. Physical Examination: Motor

    8. Physical Examination: Other

    9. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

    10. MRI Parameters

    11. Diagnostic Testing: MRI

    12. Diagnostic Testing: Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)

    13. Evoked Potentials (EPs)

    14. The First Official Criteria for MS Diagnosis

    15. The Poster Criteria for MS Diagnosis

    16. McDonald Diagnostic Criteria for MS

    17. 2010 Update to McDonald Diagnostic Criteria

    18. Different Classification Criteria

    19. Differential Diagnosis

    20. Differential Diagnosis: Other Diseases that Share Some MS Features

    21. Clinical Scoring Systems and Prognosis

    22. Clinical Scoring Systems and Prognosis

    23. EDSS Limitations

    24. Clinical Scoring Systems and Prognosis

    25. Initial Disease Course

    26. Prognostic Factors

    27. Prognostic Factors

    28. Biomarkers

    29. Definition of a Biomarker

    30. Biomarkers

    31. Candidate Biomarkers by Disease Stage

    32. Summary: Diagnosis and Prognosis of MS

    33. Self-Check: Classification Systems

    34. Self-Check: Poor Prognosis Factors

    35. Self-Check: Exacerbation Factors

  • Lesson Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis and Prognosis teaches these concepts

    • Diagnosis and Prognosis of MS, Introduction: Diagnosis and Prognosis of MS, The Diagnosis of MS

  • Lesson Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis and Prognosis addresses these key points

    • New criteria have increased the clinician's abilitiy to diagnose:

    • Neurodegenerative
    • Inflammatory
    • Progressive

    ...aspects of MS 

    “Look-alikes” can make differential diagnosis difficult.

  • Lesson Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis and Prognosis is built from these main references. Log into SMi Source for a complete list and details.

    • Birnbaum G. Making the Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. In: Freedman MS, ed. Advances in Neurology, Volume 98, Multiple Sclerosis and Demyelinating Diseases. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2006.