Internal Medicine

Child Neurology

Questions discussed in this category

What pharmacological management do you consider for self-injurious behavior in patients with autism spectrum disorder?

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Do you use alcohol to trigger seizures in patients you suspect to have JME to confirm diagnosis?

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Do you screen children with sickle cell disease for silent cerebral infarcts?

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How do different inflammatory markers like CRP and ferritin contribute differently, if at all, to the monitoring of CART neurotoxicity?

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When do you consider lumbar spinal fluid drainage after acute spinal cord injury?

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When do you consider stopping anti-seizure medications in seizure-free pediatric epilepsy patients?

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What pharmacological management to you consider in patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder whose primary behavior is aggression?

What medications do you use in patients who already have existing obesity and metabolic syndrome?

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How do you approach anti-seizure medication management when it was started by another team for a seizure-naive patient before/after craniotomy for a tumor?

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When do you consider testing with stroke gene panels in young stroke patients?

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Would you use bupropion for mood disorder or substance use in an adult patient with previous childhood seizures that resolved?

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What is your approach to helping parents manage sleep disturbances in patients with autism spectrum disorder?

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What prompts you to procure EEG and/or imaging in patients presenting with multiple simple febrile seizures?

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What is your approach to a pediatric patient presenting with a new daily persistent headache?

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What is your diagnostic approach to patients referred for central sleep apnea on PSG but normal overnight EEG and MRI?

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What is the value of sending placental pathology in neonatal patients who have suffered an in-utero arterial ischemic stroke?

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Does persistent focal slowing without epileptiform discharges indicate increased seizure risk in patients without significant structural abnormalities?

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When do you consider discontinuation of treatment in pediatric patients who have responded well to preventive migraine medications?

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How do you utilize at-home seizure monitoring devices for your patients with epilepsy?

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Papers discussed in this category

Neurology, 2021 Dec 07

Antiseizure Medication Withdrawal in Seizure-Free Patients: Practice Advisory Update Summary: Report of the AAN Guideline Subcommittee.

N Engl J Med, 1988 Apr 14

Withdrawal of anticonvulsant drugs in patients free of seizures for two years. A prospective study.

Blood advances, 2020 Jun 23

American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for sickle cell disease: management of acute and chronic pain.

Neurology. Clinical practice, 2023 Jan 13

The Best Seizure Diagnostic Tool Is Not a Medical Device: Why Stand-Alone Video Review Needs a Current Procedural Terminology Code.

Journal of child neurology, 2009 Dec

Ischemic perinatal stroke secondary to chorioamnionitis: a histopathological case presentation.

Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology, 2024 Mar 19

Perinatal arterial ischemic stroke: how informative is the placenta?

Headache, 2019 Sep

Practice guideline update summary: Pharmacologic treatment for pediatric migraine prevention: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society.

The journal of headache and pain, 2023 Feb 16

The sense of stopping migraine prophylaxis.

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