70: Raising Awareness of Acute Flaccid Myelitis

Welcome to the NeurologyLive® Mind Moments® podcast. Tune in to hear leaders in neurology sound off on topics that impact your clinical practice. In this episode, we spoke with Olwen C. Murphy, MBBCh, assistant professor of neurology, Johns Hopkins University; and Matthew R. Vogt, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pediatric infectious diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The pair spoke about the current clinical understanding of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) and the existing treatment approach, as well as the current guidelines and the need to improve awareness ahead of the peak infection months in autumn. Click here for AFM resources: CDC – Acute Flaccid Myelitis SRNA – Acute Flaccid Myelitis Episode Breakdown: 1:15 – Background on AFM from the neurology perspective 3:50 – Background on AFM from the infectious disease perspective 6:10 – Ongoing work and research into AFM cases 9:15 – The evolution of the clinical care of patients with AFM 13:00 – The diagnostic approach and guidelines for AFM 16:05 – Neurology News Minute 19:00 – State of care and treatment approaches 21:45 – The importance of recognition of AFM 26:50 – Testing and differential diagnosis of AFM 32:30 – Message for the clinical community around awareness This episode is brought to you by the Medical World News streaming service. Check out new content and shows every day, only at medicalworldnews.com The stories featured in this week's Neurology News Minute, which will give you quick updates on the following developments in neurology, are further detailed here: Significant Correlations Identified Between Mental Health and Migraine FDA Issues Second CRL for Pimavanserin, Now for the Treatment of Alzheimer Disease Psychosis ICER Releases Report Comparing Cost-Effectiveness of ALS Agents Oral Edaravone and AMX0035 FDA Extends Review of Omaveloxolone in Friedreich Ataxia Thanks for listening to the NeurologyLive® Mind Moments® podcast. To support the show, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. For more neurology news and expert-driven content, visit neurologylive.com.