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How do you decide when to pursue genetic testing for cerebral palsy?

In light of the publication from Lewis et al., PMID 39621323

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

11 Answers available

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

3 Answers available

How do you discontinue ketogenic diets previously used as a treatment for epilepsy?

Would you consider more rapid discontinuation with EMU monitoring in light of this publication in Epilepsia by Kossoff & Turner, PMID 40047467?

1 Answer available

What is your approach to a child with toe walking with a reassuring exam but a family history of difficulty walking?

1 Answer available

How do you counsel patients with mild congenital myopathy about exercise limitations?

1 Answer available

Would you recommend muscle or nerve biopsy in a patient with amyoplasia congenita?

1 Answer available

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

1 Answer available

What workup do you recommend for otherwise healthy migraine patients that develop dizziness with episodes?

1 Answer available

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

2 Answers available

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

3 Answers available

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

1 Answer available

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

1 Answer available

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

1 Answer available

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

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

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

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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?

1 Answer available

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

2 Answers available

How do you counsel patients and caregivers on dietary interventions for autism?

Marí-Bauset et al., JCN 2014

1 Answer available

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

1 Answer available

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

2 Answers available

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

1 Answer available

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

1 Answer available

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

1 Answer available

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

1 Answer available

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

1 Answer available

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

1 Answer available

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

1 Answer available

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

1 Answer available

What is your approach to light sedation in pediatric EMG?

0 Answers available

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

1 Answer available

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

1 Answer available

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

1 Answer available

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(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.

Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 2023 Dec 08

Alcohol for seizure induction in the epilepsy monitoring unit.

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