Neurology

Child Neurology

Questions discussed in this category

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

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Which interventions have you found effective for managing sensory sensitivities in children with autism spectrum disorder?

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

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

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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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What workup do you recommend for isolated postural and action tremors in a developmentally typical toddler?

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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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Is there utility to ordering biochemical screening labs for global developmental delay?

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What workup do you consider for a developmentally typical child with multiple large café au lait macules but no other signs of neurofibromatosis?

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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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What is your approach to immune management in opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia syndrome?

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What baseline visual testing, if any, do you recommend at diagnosis for patients with multiple sclerosis who deny visual complaints?

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How do you determine candidacy for selective dorsal rhizotomy in spastic cerebral palsy?

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What is your approach to light sedation in pediatric EMG?

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How would you approach the workup of unilateral chorea with a normal MRI?

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

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How do you use muscle MRI in the diagnosis and management of muscular dystrophies?

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What is your approach to a toddler-aged patient with speech apraxia without other autistic features?

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

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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.

Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation, 2022 Mar 08

Diagnosis and Management of Opsoclonus-Myoclonus-Ataxia Syndrome in Children: An International Perspective.

Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), 2022 Jun

Sensory integration therapy for children with autism and sensory processing difficulties: the SenITA RCT.

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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